Image ID: AACO

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.04

Negative Size:

14 in. x 17 in.

Equipment:

long gun; portable darkroom

Locations & Lines:

Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Union Mills VA; Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

O&A Water Tanks (Union Mills VA)

Transports:

locomotive; USMRR boxcar 1096; USMRR flatcar 290

Sources:

DeGolyer Library SMU; Huntington Library; J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress; National Archives; Rosenbach Museum; San Francisco MOMA; Virginia Historical Society

At left are USMRR box car No. 1096 and flat car No. 290. At center is Russell’s portable darkroom tent and equipment.

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 235. – UNION MILLS STATION, Orange & Alexandria Railroad.

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 229. View on Pope’s Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria railroad.

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 127 – EMBANKMENT NEAR UNION MILLS STATION, Orange & Alexandria Railroad.

Etched onto original negative at National Archives: Picking up debris after Pope’s Retreat. [On Orange & Alexandria near Union Mills after 2nd Bull Run]