Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: ABEE

Credit:

by Russell (Andrew J.)
Date:

1865.02
Negative Size:

11 in. x 14 in.
Equipment:

bayonet; cap box; long gun
Locations & Lines:

Alexandria & Washington Railroad (A&W); District of Columbia; Potomac River; Virginia; Washington DC
Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army
Persons:

McCallum (Daniel C.)
Structures & Establishments:

New A&W Long Bridge (Potomac River); Old A&W Long Bridge (Potomac River)
Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: Long Bridge, Washington, D.C. [Photograph shows General Daniel Craig McCallum, Military Director and Superintendent of the Union railroads during the Civil War, with unidentified men on railroad bridge.]

The Alexandria end of the new Long Bridge. The old bridge can be seen to the right.

Etched onto negative: 568[?] [nearly rubbed out]. 127.

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