Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: AGSSm, 350 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 6.8 Mb

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Image ID: AGSS

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:

1863.05-06
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:

block & tackle; flag; rope; wheelbarrow
Locations & Lines:

Alexandria VA; Potomac River; Virginia
Structures & Establishments:

Christ Church (Alexandria VA); Coal Wharf (Alexandria VA)
Transports:

side-wheeler Seth Low
Sources:

National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

National Archives says: “Seth”, steamer.

The MOLLUS Collection says: Steamer “Seth Low.” (The “Monitor” left New York in tow of the “Seth Low,” March 5, 1862)

At the Coal Wharf in Alexandria, VA, with african-american man and boy in aprons.

Fowx negative no. 133.

Etched onto negative: 133.

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