Poplar Grove Church

GLC05111.01.0979

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0979-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Title
Poplar Grove Church
Place Written
Poplar Springs, Virginia
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 10.1 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

The image shows the Poplar Grove Church, which was built by the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers in 1864-65. A Union drum Corps is in the right foreground, with other Union soldiers in front of the church. The site is near Petersburg, VA. Inscription on verso: "Church of the Engineer Corps before Petersburg." Numeric notation on verso: "348" and "45."

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