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Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Damage
Credit: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Created: Probably April to June 1865
Medium: Wet collodion glass-plate; one half of stereogrpah

Railroad Damage Incurred During the Fall of Richmond

Union soldiers and officials pose with a damaged locomotive at the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad depot in Richmond after Union forces took over the city in April 1865.

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