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Rebel Raid, destruction of tracks

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Confederate mode of destroying track at McCloud's Mill in Virginia. Two piles of stacked railroad ties under metal rails arranged in X formations. Title on mount: Destroying RR Tracks, Rebel Raid, destruction of tracks. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 17.
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Date
1863
Call number
photCL 301 (15)
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