Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: AAEIm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 17.7 Mb

SKU 5195ce284af3 Category Field Photographs Tags Alexandria VA, by Russell (Andrew J.), Haupt manual collection, Haupt’s torpedo, US Army, US Military Railroads (USMRR), Virginia

Image ID: AAEI

Credit:	by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:	1863.02-03
Negative Size:	6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:	Haupts torpedo
Locations & Lines:	Alexandria VA; Virginia
Military Units:	US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army
Sources:	J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress

Haupt, United States Military Railway Department. Construction And Transportation. Unnumbered plate.

Library of Congress says: Haupt’s torpedo for quickly wrecking wooden bridges.