Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: AALL

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:

1864.07
Negative Size:

8 in. x 11 in.
Equipment:

Sibley tent; wall tent
Locations & Lines:

City Point VA; City Point & Army Line Railroad (CP&AL); James River; Virginia
Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Capt. Camp’s Wharf (City Point VA); USMRR Carpenter Shop (a) (City Point VA); USMRR Offices (City Point VA); USMRR Supply Store (City Point VA); USMRR Wharf (City Point VA)
Transports:

flatcar; USMRR boxcar 1226; USMRR floating pile driver (a)
Sources:

J. Paul Getty Museum; National Archives; San Francisco MOMA; Virginia Historical Society

Russell, United States Military Railroad Photographic Album. No. 107. – Depot Buildings and Wharves of City Point Railroad.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art says: City Point Depot and Quarter Master’s Buildings, Bermuda Hundred in Distance.

G. Frank Williss, Historical Base Maps. Appomattox Manor – City Point, p95: Railroad Office and Supply Store, from southwest.

QMD Capt. Camp’s Wharf under construction.

Etched onto negative: 165. City Point with Store Houses [illegible].

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