Destruction of a railroad bridge (LOC)

    O'Sullivan, Timothy H.,, 1840-1882,, photographer.

    Destruction of a railroad bridge

    Hartford, Conn. : War Photograph & Exhibition Company, [photographed May 26, 1864, printed later]

    1 photographic print on stereo card : albumen ; 4 x 7 in.

    Notes:
     Photo shows a smoldering railroad bridge on the North Ana River in Virginia. Confederate troops destroyed the bridge to slow down advancing Union soldiers. (Source: Zeller, p. 73)

    Title from item.
    Series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History (no. 762).
    Civil War Photograph Collection.
    Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
    Published in: The Civil War in depth / Bob Zeller. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997-2000, v. 1, p. 73.

    Subjects:
     Railroad bridges--Virginia--1860-1870.
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage.

    Format: Stereographs--1880-1910.
    Albumen prints--1880-1910.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s02801
    hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.2s02801

    Call Number: LOT 4177, no. 201 [item]

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