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Timothy O'Sullivan — Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia
Timothy O'Sullivan

Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia

1864

O'Sullivan's documentation of strategic river crossings illustrates how transportation infrastructure became vital to military success during the war's later campaigns.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 66 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

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Timothy O'Sullivan, Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, Virginia, 1864

O'Sullivan's documentation of strategic river crossings illustrates how transportation infrastructure became vital to military success during the war's later campaigns.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 66 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Year
1864
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Albumen Print, Civil War, Atmospheric, Documentary, American, Landscape, Historical, Architecture

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