[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bridge] – Historic Print
![[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bridge], [1862 or 1863] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/73/73241e34bcef-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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A window into the past: [Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bridge], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men working on bridge]
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Men work on a timber railroad bridge in northern Virginia, one of the many crossings the Union army rebuilt or repaired as it moved supplies by rail during the Civil War. The region's rail lines were repeatedly cut by Confederate raids and retreats, and Union engineers and laborers were often called on to replace burned or damaged spans quickly so that trains could keep running. The print is a salted paper photograph, an early process that was giving way to newer methods by the early 1860s, and its title was supplied by Library of Congress staff rather than the original photographer.
| Created / published | [1862 or 1863] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : salted paper. |
| Genre | Salted paper prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | No. 59 (handwritten) and 2560 (stamped) on mount. Title devised by Library staff. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Railroad bridges--Virginia--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction & pillage--Union. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,088 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-161513 |
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