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IMAGO International History, Andrew J. Russell Archive, Railway construction in the western USA 1860-1870

Apr 24, 2026

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  • Locomotive 56, U.S. Military Railroad City Point. Troops Ready to be Taken to the Front by Rail, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063765
  • Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 16.4 x 21.3 cm (6 7 16 x 8 3 8 in.), Photographs, Attributed to Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063749
  • Military Railroad Camp, City Point, Virginia, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063691
  • Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063619
  • City Point, Virginia. Terminus of U.S. Military Railroad, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 16.7 x 21.8 cm (6 9 16 x 8 9 16 in. ), Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063617
  • Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 14.4 x 20.8 cm (5 11 16 x 8 3 16 in. ), Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063613
  • Terminus of U.S. Military Railroad, City Point, Virginia, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063607
  • Bridge on Orange and Alexandria Rail Road, as Repaired by Army Engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt, 1865, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902), This view by Russell documents the engine Fire Fly testing the stability of a new wooden trestle bridge built quickly by the United States Military Railroad engineers to replace a masonry bridge destroyed by the Confederates Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_055135
  • End of the Bridge after Burnside s Attack, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1863, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 13.1 × 20.6 cm (5 3 16 × 8 1 8 in.), Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902), Likely made in April 1863 during a truce just before the Battle of Chancellorsville, this view from the buttress of a ruined railroad bridge spanning the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg documents a small group of Confederate soldiers and civilians Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_055128
  • Excavating for Y at Devereaux Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad, 1863, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_055123
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