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Image ID: AAHV

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)

Date:

1864.07.18

Negative Size:

4.5 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

block & tackle; cannon; handspike wrench; naval carriage (wood); Parrott Rifle gun; pipe; rope

Locations & Lines:

James River; Virginia

Military Units:

US Navy

Transports:

side-wheeler; USS Mendota

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 20. Bringing parrott gun into position on board gun boat “Mendota,” July 10, 1864.

Etched onto negative: 755.