U. S. Military Telegraph Construction Corps. April, 1864. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
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Genre: War Photography Showing a construction team erecting telegraph wires, with men perched at the top of the poles: 'This sketch represents the Telegraph Construction Corps of the Army of the Potomac putting up the wire. The Corps was composed of about one hundred and fifty men, with a requi...
Breaking camp. Brandy Station, May, 1864. Photographer: Gardner, James
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Genre: War Photography Showing a black servant posed next to the brick fireplace and plank flooring, from which the tent has been removed: 'Here is represented the deserted quarters of Gen. Sharp, Chief of the Secret Service of the Army of the Potomac, at Brandy Station, Virginia. The tents hav...
Jericho Mills, North Anna, Va. May, 1864. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
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Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the pontoon bridge and across the North Anna River, towards the mill buildings on the farther bank. This was the location of an action on 23 May 1864.
Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Va. May, 1864. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
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Genre: War Photography View looking across the bridge, with soldiers posed in the foreground. The bridge was taken from Confederate forces on 23 May 1864.
Charles City Court-House, Va. June, 1864. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
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Genre: War Photography General view of the brick courthouse building, some 25 miles south-east of Richmond: 'This neighbourhood was the scene of a number of severe cavalry fights during the war, the Court-House, in 1862, being only three miles from the intrenched camp of Gen. McLellan ... Gen. ...
Pontoon bridge across the James. June, 1864. Photographer: Gardner, James
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Genre: War Photography View looking across the pontoon bridge , towards schooners moored in the river: 'This sketch represents one of the pontoon bridges across the James River at Powhattan Point, near Harrison's Landing, and not far from the Charles City Court-House; and which was used by Gen....
Army repair shop. February, 1864 [A field workshop in the Ninth Army Corps, before Petersburg]. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
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Genre: War Photography View of the tents of the repair shop, with craftsmen posed at work in front: 'The tent fly, with its partial walls of loose bricks, covers the forge. Around it are the wheel and harness-makers, evidently resting, with pleasing expectations of forming a dominant feauture o...