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Showing posts with label manassas junction. Show all posts
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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).
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Union Soldiers Posing in Front of Destroyed Railroad Cars Owned by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Manassas Junction, Virginia (1862)
Union soldiers posing in front of destroyed railroad cars owned by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Manassas Junction, Virginia, August 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.
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