Location:
Petersburg, VA, United States
Post Date:
May 8, 2013 11:22 PM
TAG ID:
pubnchpics005879
(RM)
Credit:
Andrew J. Russell / NC History Images/Newscom
Format:
7685 x 5774 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Andrew J. Russell
Keywords:
CW150, American Civil War, War Between the States, 1861-1865, transportation, railroad, railway, artillery, weaponry, mortar, USMRR, U.S. Military Railroad, military personnel, boxcar, soldiers, Union Army
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
A group of soldiers tasked to the U.S. Military Railroad are seen guarding the railroad tracks at Petersburg, Virginia. The soldier in the foreground is posing next to a moveable mortar used in the protection of the line. Photograph taken on July 25, 1864.