[Soldiers in Creek, Below Orange and Alexandria Rail Road Bridge Across Bull Run, Virginia]

Andrew Joseph Russell|Mathew B. Brady

1861–65 · Albumen silver print from glass negative · Photographs

A. J. Russell, a captain in the 141st New York Infantry Volunteers, was one of the few Civil War photographers who also was a soldier. As a photographer-engineer for the U.S. Military Railroad Construction Corps, Russell was responsible for recording both the technical accomplishments of General Herman Haupt's engineers and the battlefields and campsites in Virginia. This view of soldiers and civilians below and upon a railroad bridge also shows a burned blockhouse (upper left corner) designed by Haupt and intended to protect a vital creek crossing.

Artist

Andrew Joseph Russell|Mathew B. Brady

Date

1861–65

Medium

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1933