Showing posts with label union engineers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label union engineers. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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).

Monday, December 15, 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Two Union Engineers Posing on Ground Over Which Confederate Troops Assaulted During the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee (1863)


Union engineers Orville Babcock and Orlando Poe posing on ground in front of Fort Sanders over which Confederate troops commanded by General Longstreet assaulted during the Battle of Fort Sanders in Knoxville, Tennessee, c. 1863. By George Barnard. Animated stereoview.

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Monday, August 11, 2014