
A. J. Russell
American Photographer · 1830–1902
214 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
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Amphitheater near Black Buttes' Station.
Getty Museum · about 1869
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![[Army Wagons and Forge, City Point, Virginia]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP70473.jpg)
[Army Wagons and Forge, City Point, Virginia]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1861–65
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![[Army Wagons and Transports, City Point, Virginia]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP70513.jpg)
[Army Wagons and Transports, City Point, Virginia]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1861–65
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[Bending rails]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Between Bull Run & Union Mills.
Getty Museum · March 1863
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![["Bills" Debby's" Hanging Rock Sta. Echo Canon]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Ffc1b5f44-b57c-4b72-b514-54e308144e91%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
["Bills" Debby's" Hanging Rock Sta. Echo Canon]
Getty Museum · about 1870
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[Blanket boats]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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[Blanket boats]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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[Blanket boats]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Block House, Near Alexandria, Built for Defense of Orange and Alexandria R. Rd.
Getty Museum · 1863
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[Boring holes in a bridge truss for explosives]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Brass "Napoleon" in position.
Getty Museum · May 1863
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Breaking and Bending Rails Around Tree
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Bridal Veil Fall [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870
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Bridge of Board Trusses Being Tested for Deflections
Getty Museum · March 1863
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Bridge of Board Trusses Loaded Until it Broke at Two Tons per Foot
Getty Museum · March 1863
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Bridge on Orange and Alexandria Rail Road, as Repaired by Army Engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1865
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Bridges by Means of which Cars are loaded uopn or loaded from Arks or Barges
Getty Museum · March 1863
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Brigham Young's Residence
Getty Museum · about 1870
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Building Military Railroad Truss Bridge across Bull Run, April, 1863
Getty Museum · April 1863
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Bull Run Bridge.
Getty Museum · March 1863
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Burial of the Dead, Fredericksburg
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1863
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Burnside Wharf
Getty Museum · April 1863
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![Camel Rocks, Near Beaufort Station. [Wyoming].](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F30e4448d-9435-4e16-9fc7-686b6f4aa079%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
Camel Rocks, Near Beaufort Station. [Wyoming].
Getty Museum · May 1868
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![[Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP70449.jpg)
[Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1861–65
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![[Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP70447.jpg)
[Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1861–65
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Camp of Construction Corps, USMMRds City Point, July, 1984.
Getty Museum · July 1864
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Camp of Engineer Corps at City Point. May, 1865.
Getty Museum · May 1865
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Cedar Mountain, Va.
Getty Museum · autumn 1863
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[Child leaning against a barrel anchor]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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![[Citadel Rock - Green River]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F222df852-5bff-4f1d-b087-0eec3f2abec3%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Citadel Rock - Green River]
Getty Museum · about 1870
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![[Colfax & Party at Salt Lake City]](/api/proxy-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.getty.edu%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2F33b851b7-27f7-40d1-9785-33acb50f2eab%2Ffull%2F808%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg)
[Colfax & Party at Salt Lake City]
Getty Museum · about 1870
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![[Commissary Department, City Point, Virginia]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP70444.jpg)
[Commissary Department, City Point, Virginia]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1861–65
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Commodore Dead.
Getty Museum · April 1864
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Confederate Mode of Destroying Railroad Track
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Conglomerate Peaks, at Echo. [Weber Canyon, Utah]
Getty Museum · summer 1869
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[Conglomerate Peaks, Echo. (Utah)]
Getty Museum · about 1870
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[Constructing blanket boats]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Crow's Nest, Battery and Lookout
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1864
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Cut and Fill No. 3, west of Granite Canon.
Getty Museum · about 1869
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Cut No. 4. West of Wasatch.
Getty Museum · about 1870
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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
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[Depot Buildings and wharves of City Point Railroad]
Getty Museum · June 1864
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Deserted Camps, 3d May, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Getty Museum · May 3, 1863
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[Destroying a truss bridge]
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Destroying Track, by Corkscrew Twist, with Levers and Steel Hooks
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Destroying Track, by Corkscrew Twist, with Levers and Steel Hooks
Getty Museum · July 1863
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[Devils Gate Station]
Getty Museum · about 1870
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Devil's Gate, Weber River, below the Bridge, No. 2.
Getty Museum · about 1869
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Dockyard at Alexandria, after Sunset
Getty Museum · March 1863
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Drill - Blanket Boats Partly Constructed
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Drill - Constructing Blanket Boats
Getty Museum · July 1863
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Dutch Gap
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · November 20, 1864
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Dutch Gap Canal
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1865
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[East end of bridge no. 36]
Getty Museum · March 1863
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Eastern Approach to Dale Creek Bridge
Getty Museum · April 1868
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Echo City, Looking up Weber River, Utah Territory.
Getty Museum · October 1868
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Egyptian Tombs on the Bluff, Mouth of Echo Canyon. Union Pacific Rail Road.
Getty Museum · about 1870
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El Capitan [Yosemite, California]
Getty Museum · about 1870
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Embankment No. 3 West of Granite Cannon. [Wyoming].
Getty Museum · April 1868
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