Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: AGRC

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:

1864.06.12-17
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex
Locations & Lines:

Powhatan Point VA; James River; Virginia
Military Units:

Army of the Potomac; US Army; US Navy
Structures & Establishments:

Powhatan Point pontoon bridge (James River VA)
Transports:

ironclad; schooner; side-wheeler; USMRR floating pile driver (a)
Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

National Archives says: View on James River.

Etched onto negative: 660.

One of 28 surviving Fowx negatives created using a rotating lens mount to shoot four consecutive exposures onto one plate. For this plate and one other, Fowx turned the camera between exposing the upper and lower stereo pairs, so that a panorama can be formed from the two views.

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