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1. 1784.a.13, 1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(17)
Title:
Military bridge, across the Chickahominy, Va. Photographer: Woodbury, D. B.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View from the riverbank looking towards the bridge, with a large group of soldiers posed on the structure: 'The picture is taken at a point where the accumulated waters most presented the character of a stream, the swamp being in some places all of a mile in width, and su...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 1(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(19)
Title:
Antietam Bridge, MD. September, 1862. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the stone bridge over Antietam Creek, with wagons crossing, near the site of the Battle of Antietam: 'This structure … is one of the most memorable spots in the history of the war, although but little suggestive in its present sunny repose, of the s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

3. 1784.a.13, 1(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(25)
Title:
Pontoon bridge, across the Potomac, at Berlin. November, 1862. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across the river towards the village of Berlin, with the pontoon bridge on the left: 'The photograph only shows the village and a small portion of the Maryland shore, from which no adequate impression can be formed of the beauty of the surrounding scenery. Th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

4. 1784.a.13, 1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(33)
Title:
Evacuation of Aquia Creek. June, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards paddle steamers moored at the quayside, with barges in mid-stream in the foreground. A photograph 'taken a few hours previous to the abandonment of Aquia Creek in June, 1863 … The steamers were already heavily laden with with stores, wagons, etc., and...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1863
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(30)
Title:
Fredericksburg, Va. February, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking across the Rappahannock River towards the city, with the piers of the destroyed railway bridge in the middleground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Feb 1863
Extent:
1 item

6. 1784.a.13, 1(32)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(32)
Title:
Pontoon bridge ascross the Rappahannock. May, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking down onto two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock, which came into use during the Battle of Fredericksburg in December 1862.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1863
Extent:
1 item

7. 1784.a.13, 1(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(26)
Title:
Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac, at Harper's Ferry. July, 1865. Photographer: Gardner, James
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the confluence of the two rivers, with houses of the town in the foreground and the railway bridge across the river beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1865
Extent:
1 item