[U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps activities, Va., 1861-1865] Belle Plain Landing – Antique Print
![[U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps activities, Va., 1861-1865] Belle Plain Landing, [between 1861 and 1865, printed later] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ea/eaffb22d8fe4-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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[U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps activities, Va., 1861-1865] Belle Plain Landing comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps activities, Va., 1861-1865] Belle Plain Landing
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Steamboats named *John Brown* and *New York* are tied up at the landing on the Potomac River at Belle Plain, in Stafford County, Virginia, one of the Union Army's main supply points during the Civil War. The Quartermaster Corps ran the wharves and warehouses there, moving food, forage, ammunition, and equipment from river steamers onto wagons and trains bound for the Army of the Potomac. The record gives no exact date, but the caption ties the scene to the war years, 1861 to 1865. The side-wheel steamers and the stacked cargo along the shore show how much of the Union war effort depended on river transport.
| Created / published | [between 1861 and 1865, printed later] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen silver. |
| Subjects | No. B516. Caption card tracings: Va. (3-C.W. Views); Side-wheelers; Steamboats--JOHN BROWN; Steamboats--NEW YORK; C.W.--Quartermaster Corps; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,174 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-130820 |
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