Seeing the Civil War

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Image ID: AGRL

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:

1864.05
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in. tetraplex
Equipment:

wall tent
Locations & Lines:

Belle Plain VA, VA; Potomac River; Virginia, Belle Plain VA; Potomac River; Virginia
Military Units:

Army of the Potomac; US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Lower wharf (Belle Plain VA)
Transports:

barge; freight wagon; schooner; side-wheeler
Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

National Archives incorrectly says: Magazine Wharf and landing, City Point, Va.

The MOLLUS Collection correctly says: Lower Wharf, Belle Plain, Va.

Fowx negative no. 578.

Etched onto negative: 578.

One of 28 surviving Fowx negatives created using a rotating lens mount to shoot four consecutive exposures onto one plate. For our downloadable files of the four exposures we have aligned the images so that they can be viewed consecutively (a,b,c,d), creating a brief video clip.

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