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A photo study of images from the collection
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May-Augst 1862
Chickahominy River, Va.
Grapevine bridge built May 27-28, 1862, by the 5th New Hampshire Infantry under Col. Edward E. Cross
May-August 1862
White House Landing, Va.
Headquarters of the U.S. Christian Commission
June 1862
Richmond, Va., vicinity.
Engineers building corduroy road

1863
Murfreesboro, Tenn., vicinity.
Men repairing single-track railroad after Battle of Stone's River

August 1863
Bealeton, Va.
Drum corps, 93d New York Infantry
November 1863
Culpeper, Va.
"Contrabands"
May 1864
Jericho Mills, Va.
Party of the 50th New York Engineers building a road on the south bank of the North Anna, with a general headquarters wagon train crossing the pontoon bridge

May 1864
Port Royal, Va.
The Rappahannock River front during the evacuation
June 1864
Fort Burnham, Va.
Encampment and earthworks
October 1864
Petersburg, Va.
The "Dictator," a 13-inch mortar, in position
August 1865
Arlington, Va.
Officers of Company F, 2d New York Artillery at Fort C. F. Smith
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