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Russell, Andrew J. (1830-1902) [Photograph of the effect of a shell explosion near Fredericksburg, Va.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03093 Author/Creator: Russell, Andrew J. (1830-1902) Place Written: Fredericksburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 55 x 43 cm. Order a Copy

One undated photograph was taken by Andrew J. Russell. The image shows General Herman Haupt leaning against a stump and surveying the damage to artillery caissons caused by a shell. The caissons lie in wreckage next to the dead mules who had hauled them. The image is damaged on the left margin of the photo negative.

Russell, Andrew J., 1829-1902
Haupt, Herman, 1817-1905

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