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Bealton Station, on the Orange and Alexandria R.R. Depot of supplies – Historic Print

Bealton Station, on the Orange and Alexandria R.R. Depot of supplies, 1863 Oct. 1. — historic drawing
Bealton Station, on the Orange and Alexandria R.R. Depot of supplies, 1863 Oct. 1.. Historic drawing from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Bealton Station, a stop on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Fauquier County, Virginia, appears here as a supply depot, with the rail line and the camps and stores around it. In the autumn of 1863, after the Gettysburg campaign, the Union Army of the Potomac relied on rail lines like this one to move food, ammunition and equipment to troops along the Rappahannock, which made stations such as Bealton vital links in the army's supply chain. The drawing is dated October 1, 1863, and belongs to a Civil War drawing collection that J.P. Morgan gave to the Library of Congress in 1919.

Created / published1863 Oct. 1.
Medium1 drawing.
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
NotesGift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.123) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection.
SubjectsMilitary camps--1860-1870. Railroad stations--1860-1870.United States--Virginia--Bealeton Station
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 810 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-151814

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