A railroad track leads to a Union soldier guarding the entrance to the U.S. Arsenal, Washington, D.C. A row of brick structures stand behind the soldier in left-hand side of photo. Title on mount: Entrance U.S. Arsenal Washington. Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 37.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 photographic print : albumen ; image 25 x 32.5 cm, mount 35.5 x 43 cm.
Washington Arsenal (Washington, D.C.) Armories--Washington (D.C.)--1860-1870. (lctgm) United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel Albumen prints--1860-1870. (gmgpc)
Source
Joel B. Clough Collection of United States Military Railroad Photographs by Andrew J. Russell. United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Gift of Frank Clough, Capt. Clough's grandson, July 25, 1975.
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