A. J. Russell
American Photographer · 1830–1902
102 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
Andrew Joseph Russell, a captain in the volunteer infantry, became a photographer during the American Civil War. As photographer-engineer for the United States Military Railroad Construction Corps, he was assigned to photograph battlefields and campsites in Virginia. He also photographed engineering projects and contributed images to what was probably the world's first technical manual illustrated
Works
![[Bending rails]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/11052501-ef94-46c7-a037-6746ce73e140/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Bending rails]
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Blanket boats]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/4903a080-7119-4b15-9926-dbd82d638e77/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Blanket boats]
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Blanket boats]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/be1c76ec-095d-4eb5-8d4c-409e9ffa395c/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Blanket boats]
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Boring holes in a bridge truss for explosives]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1abee2be-1e00-415d-bc0d-de1a977bf1c7/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Boring holes in a bridge truss for explosives]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Breaking and Bending Rails Around Tree
Getty Museum · July 1863
![Bridal Veil Fall [Yosemite, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/d6c097cd-2f50-484f-9a25-b60a65190c4d/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
Bridal Veil Fall [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870

Bridge of Board Trusses Being Tested for Deflections
Getty Museum · March 1863

Bridge of Board Trusses Loaded Until it Broke at Two Tons per Foot
Getty Museum · March 1863

Bridges by Means of which Cars are loaded uopn or loaded from Arks or Barges
Getty Museum · March 1863

Building Military Railroad Truss Bridge across Bull Run, April, 1863
Getty Museum · April 1863

Burial of the Dead, Fredericksburg
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1863

Burnside Wharf
Getty Museum · April 1863
![[Child leaning against a barrel anchor]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/86c03d0e-a4ee-4fa9-a0fb-f3a0c093656c/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Child leaning against a barrel anchor]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Confederate Mode of Destroying Railroad Track
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Constructing blanket boats]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1c41021f-e4d3-413f-82e2-1cf602edca17/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Constructing blanket boats]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Cutting telegraph wire and connecting the ends, so that the point at which the connection is broken cannot be seen from the ground
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Destroying a truss bridge]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9e394ae0-6308-40c9-b899-53114e96e0a9/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Destroying a truss bridge]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Destroying Track, by Corkscrew Twist, with Levers and Steel Hooks
Getty Museum · July 1863

Destroying Track, by Corkscrew Twist, with Levers and Steel Hooks
Getty Museum · July 1863

Dockyard at Alexandria, after Sunset
Getty Museum · March 1863

Drill - Blanket Boats Partly Constructed
Getty Museum · July 1863

Drill - Constructing Blanket Boats
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[East end of bridge no. 36]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1e0ac4fa-98f4-4a64-bb65-fa33bf2997f3/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[East end of bridge no. 36]
Getty Museum · March 1863
![El Capitan [Yosemite, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/85d9512b-65cc-4ecf-b0d8-28184ccd7f85/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
El Capitan [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870

Exhibits the surface of a pair of barges showing the tracks for loading and unloading cars, also the movable bridges by which the tracks of the floats are connected with those on the wharf
Getty Museum · March 1863

Expedients for Crossing Streams
Getty Museum · March 1863

Expedients for Crossing Streams
Getty Museum · March 1863

Experimental Bridges
Getty Museum · March 1863

Experimental Bridge Trusses
Getty Museum · March 1863
![[Experimental Suspension Trusses, Alexandria, Va.]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7db9994f-3ff4-4854-96c8-de46bd13a06c/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Experimental Suspension Trusses, Alexandria, Va.]
Getty Museum · March 1863

Experimental Suspension Trusses of Boards
Getty Museum · March 1863

Experimental Suspension Trusses of Boards
Getty Museum · March 1863

Experimental Suspension Trusses of Boards
Getty Museum · March 1863

Gen'l H. Haupt
Getty Museum · March 1863
![Glacier Point [Yosemite, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/edd3d8d6-876c-4d58-b2ba-195faae59d4c/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
Glacier Point [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870

Haupt's Torpedo for Quickly Wrecking Wooden Bridges
Getty Museum · July 1863

Hay Wharf, Alexandria, Va.
Getty Museum · April 1863

Large Raft of Blanket Boats Ferrying Infantry Across the Potomac River
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Loosening rails]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/27c4820c-7c30-42db-95d7-5c3cd175e064/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Loosening rails]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Loudon and Hampshire Railroad, near Junction with Alexandria and Washington Railroad
Getty Museum · March 28, 1863
![Lower Yosemite Falls [Yosemite, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/35495ccd-162e-41b3-b859-7969d036eea8/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
Lower Yosemite Falls [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870
![[Man holding bent rail]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/382fe631-89be-4c7e-a9d5-3fb6781c0bf4/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Man holding bent rail]
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Man with auger]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/d1879c76-38bc-45de-bb68-5ee5a6f2e441/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Man with auger]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Military Railroad Bridge across Potomac Creek, on the Fredericksburg Railroad
Getty Museum · March 1863

Military Railroad Bridge across Potomac Creek, on the Fredericksburg Railroad
Getty Museum · March 1863

Military Railroad Bridge across Potomac Creek, on the Fredericksburg Railroad
Getty Museum · March 1863
![No. 119. Commissary Department, Alexandria Slave Pen, Fort Ellsworth, Seminary Hospital, Camps, etc. in distance. [April 1863].](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/b34ff566-d447-41b5-a8a7-1dd315a6dc97/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
No. 119. Commissary Department, Alexandria Slave Pen, Fort Ellsworth, Seminary Hospital, Camps, etc. in distance. [April 1863].
Getty Museum · April 1863
![No. 125. Orange & Alexandria Railroad, View from the Round House [April 1863].](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1ebd4805-c4b4-4131-a6f3-1dba06f74e83/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
No. 125. Orange & Alexandria Railroad, View from the Round House [April 1863].
Getty Museum · April 1863

No. 154. Lifting Engine "Vibbard" from Draw at Long Bridge, March 1864.
Getty Museum · March 1864

No. 189. Maryland Avenue Depot, Washington, D.C., With Engines sent from Alexandria for safety.
Getty Museum · after December 1863

No. 189. Upper Wharf, Belle Plain. Laid by Engineer Corps.
Getty Museum · May 16, 1864
![No. 89. Alexandria, From Round House looking North-showing contraband quarters. [April 1863].](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/bacac916-91ad-412a-aabe-fc67fce61cb6/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
No. 89. Alexandria, From Round House looking North-showing contraband quarters. [April 1863].
Getty Museum · April 1863

No. 91. Fairfax Station - Orange & Alexandria Railroad.
Getty Museum · December 1863
![North Dome of Washington Column, near view [Yosemite, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/7419b0f0-0c5b-4c96-819e-dcbd6cc90b91/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
North Dome of Washington Column, near view [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870

Part of Construction Corps building new Military Truss Bridge across Bull Run, April 1863
Getty Museum · April 1863

Photographs
Getty Museum · about 1861–1865
![[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and men over Potomac River]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/e35df654-b117-4b8d-b696-6b47ab70c689/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and men over Potomac River]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Raft of blanket boats ferrying field artillery and men over Potomac River
Getty Museum · July 1863

Raft of Blanket Boats Without Load
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Railroad construction workers straightening rails]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/f392f35b-198f-49b9-8712-95851178331c/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Railroad construction workers straightening rails]
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Railroad truss bridge]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/4ad8901d-725a-4551-8781-88e477b4cbd7/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Railroad truss bridge]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Rails of the Manassas Gap Railroad, Alexandria Va.
Getty Museum · about January 1865

Represents arks 60 feet long, 20 feet wide, and from 6 to 8 feet high
Getty Museum · March 1863

Represents arks in process of construction
Getty Museum · March 1863

Represents the platform on which the bottoms of the arks are constructed
Getty Museum · March 1863
![R.R. Accident on Alexandria and [Orange] R.R. Caused By Rebels](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6f34922a-387a-4114-b929-669f73f27740/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
R.R. Accident on Alexandria and [Orange] R.R. Caused By Rebels
Getty Museum · 1862
![Scene of Battle, Fredericksburg, Virginia [Caissons destroyed by Federal shells]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9f50c4c2-4ebb-4d56-9c9a-e3d8407b2719/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
Scene of Battle, Fredericksburg, Virginia [Caissons destroyed by Federal shells]
Getty Museum · May 3, 1863

Scrap Heap at Alexandria
Getty Museum · March 1863

Second Experiment with Board Trusses
Getty Museum · March 1863

Shed at Carpenter Shop at Alexandria
Getty Museum · April 1863
![[Small raft of blanket boats crossing the Potomac River]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/38526766-42b4-49e6-97dc-2f71af1dc204/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Small raft of blanket boats crossing the Potomac River]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Small Raft of Blanket Boats Crossing the Potomac River
Getty Museum · July 1863
![South Dome from Glacier Point [Yosemite, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/86da8f91-2c56-46b2-ba82-2d694fc17072/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
South Dome from Glacier Point [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870

Steel Hooks, and Piece of Rail Twisted by Their Use
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Stockade built by General Haupt for Protection of Government Property, Orange & Alexandria R.R., Alexandria, Virigina]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/344b9162-aef2-4960-9a68-3a9bbc59df26/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Stockade built by General Haupt for Protection of Government Property, Orange & Alexandria R.R., Alexandria, Virigina]
Getty Museum · September 1863
![Stone Wall, Rear of Fredericksburg, with Rebel Dead, May 3d, 1863 [Va.]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/cdd9b733-1519-4144-bea3-218a51405cfe/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
Stone Wall, Rear of Fredericksburg, with Rebel Dead, May 3d, 1863 [Va.]
Getty Museum · May 3, 1863

Straightening Bends in Rails by Letting Them Fall Across a Tie
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Straightening bent rails with a jackscrew]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/e116276c-de2b-4813-b694-f5f9e9c48d13/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Straightening bent rails with a jackscrew]
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Straightening rails]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/a40489b3-5468-4347-93b6-47b23ef133c5/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Straightening rails]
Getty Museum · July 1863
![[Straightening rails]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/92929c80-bcb3-497f-bd9a-c16504e9f0db/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Straightening rails]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Straightening Slight Bends in Rails by Use of a Jackscrew
Getty Museum · July 1863
![The Three Brothers A [Yosemite, California]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9c17ab0b-1ddc-442e-a08a-2d624a989413/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
The Three Brothers A [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870

Third Series of Experiments with Board Trusses
Getty Museum · March 1863

Thousand Mile Tree, Wilhemina's Pass
Getty Museum · negative 1869; print 1870

Track near the Potomac River, in Alexandria
Getty Museum · March 1863

Transportation on the Potomac
Getty Museum · March 1863

Trestle Bridge across Bull Run
Getty Museum · April 1863

Trestle Bridge across Bull Run, after the Freshet of 1863
Getty Museum · April 1863
![[Truss Experiment, Alexandria, Va.]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/cf40f06d-a47a-4b1c-a20e-c5553cd99ac0/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Truss Experiment, Alexandria, Va.]
Getty Museum · March 1863
![[Truss Experiment, Alexandria, Va.]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/76bcd887-5dc8-43e8-86e5-d210c3525349/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Truss Experiment, Alexandria, Va.]
Getty Museum · March 1863
![[Truss Experiment, Loading Bridge No. 36]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/dbf2dd7c-d420-4226-add3-74289c287f84/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Truss Experiment, Loading Bridge No. 36]
Getty Museum · March 1863

Turning over the bottom of an ark
Getty Museum · March 1863

Turning over the bottom of an ark
Getty Museum · March 1863
![[View from the top of a train car at Burnside Wharf]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/fdf78356-3d06-4e1e-af4a-2070a51c0288/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[View from the top of a train car at Burnside Wharf]
Getty Museum · April 1863

Weber Valley, from Witches' Rocks
Getty Museum · 1864–1869
![[West end of bridge no. 36]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/8e0b60d0-e479-4696-a10b-f3114bae7c3d/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[West end of bridge no. 36]
Getty Museum · March 1863
![[West End of Miller & Patterson's Tunnel at Head of Echo.]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/2540971b-20e4-432f-acc9-8eed00f6dc4e/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[West End of Miller & Patterson's Tunnel at Head of Echo.]
Getty Museum · about 1870

Wharf at Alexandria, Va., used by U. S. Military Railroad Department
Getty Museum · March 1863
![[Workers standing on railroad tracks]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/b7d8ca08-0901-450c-85ec-2c357f2ad885/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Workers standing on railroad tracks]
Getty Museum · July 1863

Wreck caused by the Fracture of an Axle of a Car on the Loudon and Hampshire Railroad
Getty Museum · March 28, 1863

Wrecking Train and Gang clearing Wreck
Getty Museum · March 28, 1863

Yard at Alexandria
Getty Museum · April 1863