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File Details: ABFPm, 350 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 6.7 Mb

Image ID: ABFP

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)

Date:

1865.04, 1865.03-04

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

bayonet; long gun; stool

Locations & Lines:

Sleepy Hollow VA; Virginia

Military Units:

US Army

Persons:

Mallefert (Benjamin S. H.), Maillefert (Benjamin S. H.)

Structures & Establishments:

Sleepy Hollow Torpedo Station (James River VA)

Sources:

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

National Archives says: Prof. Maillefert and Naval Officers at “Sleepy Hollow” Torpedo Station on James River. Probably taken in April or May 1865. Prof. Mailefert was engaged in removing the torpedoes and obstructions in James River after close of war.

Fowx negative no. 1507.

Etched onto negative: Naval officers on shore. 73T. 1507. 219.