Wagon fording the Rappahannock River

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0926-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Title
Wagon fording the Rappahannock River
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 10.8 cm, Width: 9.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

A wagon, loaded with people and pulled by oxen, is emerging from fording the Rappahannock River, while what appears to be a colored regiment stands guard. Inscription on verso: "Fugitive Negroes fording Rappahannock River." Numeric notation on verso: "83."

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