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Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Va

Description: Image of an aerial view of the rest station and "lodge for invalid soldiers" operated by the U.S. Sanitary Commission in Alexandria, Virginia, during the American Civil War; military camp with soldiers arriving by train; camp bordered by cityscape; locomotive roundhouse in background at left.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1864
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000862
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Machine shop, Alexandria, Va

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Bird's eye view of machine shops, with east yard of Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Photograph shows a railroad yard of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph taken from the top of the roundhouse. Smoke can be seen coming out of a chimney on the roof of shop. This image similar to photCL 301 (88) & (89). Title on mount: Machine shop Alex Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 15.

photCL 301 (90)

Alexandria, Va

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Stationary steam railway locomotive in railway yard in Alexandria, Virginia. The locomotive has an engine with the name Col. A. Beckwith displayed on it and one open cargo (coal-tender) car. The cargo car is carrying cords of wood and has "UNITED STATES MILITARY RL. RDS. printed on its side. The cabin has one man and Philadelphia is printed on the piston housing. This image similar to photCL 301 (2). Title on mount: Alexandria, Va.

photCL 301 (41)

Soldiers burying ground, Alexandria, Va

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Soldiers' Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia, front view of headstones with readable names. One man wanders in back of cemetery, behind headstones and one man can be seen standing in doorway of a small structure, left-hand background of photo. A few houses (farms) rest in the distance. Title on mount: Soldier Burying Ground Alexandria Va. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 21.

photCL 301 (52)

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Alex

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Photograph shows the ornately decorated locomotive J.H. Devereux, of the United States Military Railroad surrounded by onlookers outside the roundhouse at the Alexandria station.

photCL 301 (103)

The soldier’s dream of home

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Image of a Union soldier sleeping with his bayonet by a campfire in a military camp during the American Civil War dreaming of reunion with his family; soldiers, cannons, tents and American flag in background.

priJLC_MIL_000802

The soldiers dream of home

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Soldiers Rest, Alexandria, Va

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