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File Details: AAFAm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 17.8 Mb

Image ID: AAFA

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1863.02-03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

bayonet; long gun; rope

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Orange & Alexandria Railroad (O&A); Potomac River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Transports:

blanket boat; flatcar

Sources:

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.