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Engine "Government" [Commodore?] down the "banks" near Brandy
Credit: Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division
Original Author: Andrew J. Russell
Created: April 1864
Medium: Albumen photographic print

Derailed Train in Northern Virginia

A work crew stands on the tracks behind a derailed railroad engine near Brandy Station in April 1864. This image was taken by Andrew J. Russell, a noted Civil War and railroad photographer.

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