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

Image ID: AAEZ

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.02-03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

rope

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Potomac River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Transports:

blanket boat

Sources:

Boston Athenaeum; J. Paul Getty Museum; Library of Congress

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

Library of Congress says: Raft of blanket boats ferries men across Potomac, Alexandria.