[Sutler's hut and camp of 50th New York Engineers, Rappahannock Station, Va.] – Vintage Print
![[Sutler's hut and camp of 50th New York Engineers, Rappahannock Station, Va.], 1864 March. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4c/4c1a79f8d968-L.webp)
(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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This rare historic photograph captures [Sutler's hut and camp of 50th New York Engineers, Rappahannock Station, Va.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Sutler's hut and camp of 50th New York Engineers, Rappahannock Station, Va.]
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Sutler's huts and the camp of the 50th New York Engineers stand at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, in March 1864. Sutlers were civilian merchants licensed to sell tobacco, food, paper, and other small comforts to soldiers, and their stores became a familiar fixture of Army of the Potomac winter camps. The 50th New York Engineers spent much of its service building and repairing pontoon bridges and river crossings, work that kept the army moving along the Rappahannock. The scene reflects the period after the fall 1863 fighting at the station, when Union forces held the line and daily camp life took shape behind the front.
| Created / published | 1864 March. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photo from Brady Coll., #290. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Civil War, 1861-1865--Camps--Virginia; CW--Sutlers; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,229 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126060 |
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