Showing posts with label andrew j. russell. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Four Union Soldiers Testing a Blanket Boat on the Potomac River During the Civil War (1862)


Four Union soldiers testing a blanket boat on the Potomac River during the Civil War, c. 1862. Originally captioned: ”Blanket boats on the Potomac at some distance from shore. A pair of boats carries four men, and a single small boat made of an ordinary blanket, one man, who is sitting on the bottom. Boats of blankets of the ordinary size are too small. They have buoyancy enough to carry a man, but he must be very expert in the use of a canoe, or he will upset.” By Andrew J. Russell.

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Saturday, May 23, 2015

Photograph Taken During the Second Battle of Fredericksburg Showing Battle Smoke Drifting Through Downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia (1863)


Photograph taken during the Second Battle of Fredericksburg showing battle smoke drifting through downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 3, 1863. A number of Union soldiers are standing/possibly moving on the pontoon bridge crossing the Rappahannock River in the middle ground. By Andrew J. Russell.

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Two Views of Men Posing With the Wreckage of a Steam Locomotive Named Charles Minot Which Was Derailed During an Attack by Confederate Cavalry Near Manassas Junction, Virginia (1862)




Two views of men posing with the wreckage of a steam locomotive named Charles Minot which was derailed during an attack by Confederate cavalry in Virginia, 1862. The men, probably railroad engineers, appear to be trying to salvage the locomotive. According to Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War, this was a train derailed by Confederate cavalry near Manassas Junction in 1862. By Andrew J. Russell.

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Negative version of the second photograph held by the National Archives (NARA).

Saturday, October 11, 2014

Three Views of a Union Convalescent Camp During the Civil War Near Alexandria, Virginia

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Three views of Union soldiers and other unidentified men in a convalescent camp near Alexandria, Virginia. Possibly all taken by Andrew J. Russell as other views taken near where these were taken in the camp were also taken by him. All of them seem to be attributed to Mathew Brady by NARA however.

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