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Title: The Petersburg Railroad depot in Richmond
Alternative Title: The War for the Union. Photographic History.
Date Created and/or Issued: 1865
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: United States Civil War
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Stereograph showing Union soldiers and a civilian standing on and near a locomotive at the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Depot which was destroyed by Confederate troops as they fled the city. Over 700 buildings in Richmond were destroyed including the one behind the locomotive.
Title from verso. Alt title from recto. Written on verso: Show the best locomotive found by our army when the city was captured.
Extent: 1 stereograph ; 8.3 x 17 cm (3 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.)
Identifier: photSt Taylor (3258)
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll6/id/815
Language: English
Subject: Railroad locomotives--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. (lctgm)
War damage--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. (lctgm)
Soldiers--Union--Virginia--Richmond--1860-1870. (lctgm)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction and pillage
Place: Richmond (Va.)
Source: Stereographs
Taylor
United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library

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