Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: ABFKm, 350 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 6.9 Mb

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Image ID: ABFK

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:

1864.05
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:

horse; wedge tent
Locations & Lines:

Belle Plain VA; Virginia
Military Units:

US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Upper wharves (Belle Plain VA)
Transports:

barge; freight wagon
Sources:

Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection; University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

Almost all sources incorrectly place this at either Port Royal, VA, on the Rappahanock River, or at a location on the James River.

Actually it’s the upper wharves at Belle Plain, VA, on the Potomac River.

Fowx negative no. 604.

Etched onto negative: Grants army receiving supplies at Front Royal [?]. 604.

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