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English: 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, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Persistent URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s02801
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.2s02801

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