[Soldiers in Creek, Below Orange and Alexandria Rail Road Bridge Across Bull Run, Virginia]
A. J. Russell, a captain in the 141st New York Infantry Volunteers, was one of the few Civil War photographers who also was a soldier. As a photographer-engineer for the U.S. Military Railroad Construction Corps, Russell was responsible for recording both the technical accomplishments of General Herman Haupt's engineers and the battlefields and campsites in Virginia. This view of soldiers and civilians below and upon a railroad bridge also shows a burned blockhouse (upper left corner) designed by Haupt and intended to protect a vital creek crossing.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Soldiers in Creek, Below Orange and Alexandria Rail Road Bridge Across Bull Run, Virginia]
- Artist: Attributed to Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902)
- Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)
- Date: 1861–65
- Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
- Dimensions: Image: 12.3 x 20.1 cm (4 13/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933
- Object Number: 33.65.271
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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1861–65
Andrew Joseph Russell
Mathew B. Brady
1861–65
Andrew Joseph Russell
Mathew B. Brady
1861–65
Andrew Joseph Russell
Mathew B. Brady
1861–65
Andrew Joseph Russell
Mathew B. Brady
1861–65
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