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File Details: AAPUm, 300 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 6.9 Mb
| Credit: | by Russell (Andrew J.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.10 |
| Negative Size: | 11 in. x 14 in. |
| Equipment: | block & tackle; chain; rope |
| Locations & Lines: | Manassas Gap Railroad (MG); Virginia |
| Military Units: | US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army |
| Transports: | USMRR locomotive Chas. Minot |
| Sources: | Christies; Chrysler Museum of Art; DeGolyer Library SMU; Gilder Lehrman Institute; National Archives; San Francisco MOMA |
Printed label affixed to original prints: WRECK ON MANASSAS GAP RAILROAD, Caused by Rebels tearing up the track.
Abdill, Civil War Railroads, pp82-83: When the Manassas Gap Railroad to Piedmont, Virginia, was being repaired in October of 1864, guerrillas wrecked a train and cost the lives of Supt. M. J. McCrickett and four other Military Railroad men. McCrickett, a veteran of the U.A. Military Railroad service, was riding one of the engines double-heading a train over the road. Guerrillas had removed all the spikes from a section of rail, but left the rail in place in the track so that nothing appeared wrong to the sharp eyes of the engineers; as the two woodburners thundered up, the raiders jerked the rail out of the track by means of a length of telegraph wire leading to it from their place of concealment in a brushy thicket. Both engines hurtled down a steep embankment, killing McCrickett and the four crewman.
Etched onto negative: Loco [illegible] thrown down Bank. 112.
