Location:
Alexandria, VA, United States
Post Date:
May 8, 2013 11:28 PM
TAG ID:
pubnchpics005935
(RM)
Credit:
Andrew J. Russell / NC History Images/Newscom
Format:
5294 x 4328 Color JPEG
Photographer:
Andrew J. Russell
Keywords:
United States Military Railway Department, CW150, 1861-1865, American Civil War, War Between the States, 1862, 1863, transportation, river, waterway, pontoon, rowing, soldier, military personnel
Release Status:
No Model Release, No Property Release
Caption:
General Herman Haupt testing a boat made of a pair of small pontoons on the Potomac River. Haupt was a both a civil and railroad construction engineer and executive, who during his time in the Union Army revolutionized military transportation.