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City Point, Va - NARA - 525083. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

City Point, Va - NARA - 525083. American Civil War photograph by Mathe...

General notes: Possibly Richmond. Public domain photograph of shipyard, ship dock, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Destruction of General Hood's Ordnance Train - NARA - 533417

Destruction of General Hood's Ordnance Train - NARA - 533417

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 240 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Destruction of Hood's ordnance train, Ga., 1864 - NARA - 528899

Destruction of Hood's ordnance train, Ga., 1864 - NARA - 528899

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Engine "Hero" destroyed by Confederates in evacuating Atlanta, Ga. Engine used by Mitchell's men in attempt to burn... - NARA - 530395

Engine "Hero" destroyed by Confederates in evacuating Atlanta, Ga. Eng...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Engine - thrown over embankment, showing manner of raising it to the track. - NARA - 525176

Engine - thrown over embankment, showing manner of raising it to the t...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Engine No. 116, R.L. & M.W.R.R - NARA - 526193

Engine No. 116, R.L. & M.W.R.R - NARA - 526193

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Engine thrown over a bank - NARA - 528896

Engine thrown over a bank - NARA - 528896

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Foremen and Superintendents of U.S. Military Railroad - NARA - 528944

Foremen and Superintendents of U.S. Military Railroad - NARA - 528944

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Georgia, Allatoona Pass, looking North - NARA - 533402

Georgia, Allatoona Pass, looking North - NARA - 533402

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picking up debris after Pope's retreat - NARA - 528883

Picking up debris after Pope's retreat - NARA - 528883

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Pioneer Camp, Lookout Mountain, Railroad is in rear of camp at base of mountain. (Collection of Capt. W.C. Margedant.... - NARA - 530438

Pioneer Camp, Lookout Mountain, Railroad is in rear of camp at base of...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of camp, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Railroad - NARA - 527552. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Railroad - NARA - 527552. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brad...

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Railroad and north base of Lookout Mountain. (Collection of Capt. W.C. Margedant. Ch(ief) of Top. Engrs. under Gen.... - NARA - 530448

Railroad and north base of Lookout Mountain. (Collection of Capt. W.C....

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Railroad near Tunnel Hill, Ga - NARA - 530351

Railroad near Tunnel Hill, Ga - NARA - 530351

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Railroad repair shops - NARA - 527532. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Railroad repair shops - NARA - 527532. American Civil War photograph b...

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Railroad scene - NARA - 529623. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Railroad scene - NARA - 529623. American Civil War photograph by Mathe...

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Railroad Station at Morehead City, N. Carolina

Railroad Station at Morehead City, N. Carolina

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Railroad Yards - NARA - 525169. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Railroad Yards - NARA - 525169. American Civil War photograph by Mathe...

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Railroad yards. Possibly at Atlanta - NARA - 529282

Railroad yards. Possibly at Atlanta - NARA - 529282

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Rails for military railroad, Alexandria, Va - NARA - 528895

Rails for military railroad, Alexandria, Va - NARA - 528895

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roundhouse at Alexandria, Va - NARA - 529156

Roundhouse at Alexandria, Va - NARA - 529156

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Ruins of Atlanta, Ga., 1864 - NARA - 528865

Ruins of Atlanta, Ga., 1864 - NARA - 528865

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 241 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.

Ruins of railroad - NARA - 528892. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Ruins of railroad - NARA - 528892. American Civil War photograph by Ma...

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Tunnell Hill - NARA - 530443. American Civil War photograph by Mathew Brady.

Tunnell Hill - NARA - 530443. American Civil War photograph by Mathew ...

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1862 Johnson's Map of The Vicinity Of Richmond and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia - Geographicus - Richmond-j-62 Richmond and Petersburg Railroad

1862 Johnson's Map of The Vicinity Of Richmond and Peninsular Campaign...

1862 Map Showing the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad with the connection to the Clover Hill and other Railroads. Cropped image of 1862 Johnson's Map of The Vicinity Of Richmond and Peninsular Campaign in Virgi... More

Manassas Junction4 1862 (5925973953)

Manassas Junction4 1862 (5925973953)

Men sit near the Manassas Junciton railroad in 1862.

Railroad yard (5613623389)

Railroad yard (5613623389)

Accession Number: 1979:0022:0005 Maker: George N. Barnard (1819-1902) Title: Railroad yard Date: ca. 1865 Medium: albumen print Dimensions: 28.0 x 37.2 cm. George Eastman House Collection http://www.eastmanhou... More

Woods' Baltimore City Directory - 1864 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Woods' Baltimore City Directory - 1864 - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Advertisement for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1864, noting its reorganization and repair from damage during the American Civil War (still ongoing at the time of this ad.) (cropped and lightened)

Destruction of a Railroad Bridge. (19354075003)

Destruction of a Railroad Bridge. (19354075003)

Title: Destruction of a Railroad Bridge. Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1861-1865 Part Of: civ/searchterm/Ag1982.0145/ Physical Description: 1 photographic print on stereo card: stereograph, albumen; 10.1x17.8 ... More

Ruins of the R.R. Depot, Charleston, S.C. (8170377361)

Ruins of the R.R. Depot, Charleston, S.C. (8170377361)

Title: Ruins of the R.R. Depot, Charleston, S.C. Alternative Title: [Ruins of the Railroad Depot, Charleston, South Carolina] Creator: Barnard, George N. Date: ca. 1864-1866 Part Of: Photographic views of Sherm... More

Virginia, Manassas Junction - NARA - 533284
Virginia, Manassas Junction - NARA - 533283
Atlanta roundhouse ruin3 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Atlanta roundhouse ruin3 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Atlanta, Georgia shortly after the end of the American Civil War showing the city's railroad roundhouse in ruins. Albumen print.

1861 07 20 Harpers locomotive

1861 07 20 Harpers locomotive

Harper's Weekly woodcut illustration from July 20, 1861

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Defense OF Washington 1864 Crop 01

Defense OF Washington 1864 Crop 01

Locomotives were massed within the defense lines of Washington, D.C. to prevent them from falling into Confederate hands. The newly-finished Capitol Building is visible in the distance.

1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry (etching by Frank Leslie, 1861)
Train engine (13147922264)
Firefly train

Firefly train

The steam engine "Firefly" on a trestle of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. This view by Russell documents stability testing of a new wooden trestle bridge built quickly by the United States Military Railro... More

1861 07 20 Harpers railcars

1861 07 20 Harpers railcars

Harper's Weekly woodcut illustration, July 20, 1861 Public domain image of ferry ship, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sherman railroad destroy noborder

Sherman railroad destroy noborder

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, works, 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sherman railroad destroy noborder crop

Sherman railroad destroy noborder crop

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Campaigns of the civil war (1881) (14576053599)

Campaigns of the civil war (1881) (14576053599)

Identifier: campaignsofcivil01newy (find matches) Title: Campaigns of the civil war Year: 1881 (1880s) Authors: Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns Publisher: New York, Scribn... More

The appeal to arms, 1861-1863 (1907) (14764180712)

The appeal to arms, 1861-1863 (1907) (14764180712)

Identifier: appealtoarms186120hosm (find matches) Title: The appeal to arms, 1861-1863 Year: 1907 (1900s) Authors: Hosmer, James Kendall, 1834- (from old catalog) Subjects: Publisher: New York and London, ... More

The Civil War through the camera - hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history (1912) (14576384367)

The Civil War through the camera - hundreds of vivid photographs actua...

Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches) Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history Year: 1912 (1910s... More

The Civil War through the camera - hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history (1912) (14760632674)

The Civil War through the camera - hundreds of vivid photographs actua...

Identifier: civilwarthroughc00elso (find matches) Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history Year: 1912 (1910s... More

The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War (1900) (14576028679)

The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War (1900) (14576028679)

Identifier: mississippivalle00fisk (find matches) Title: The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Subjects: Mississippi River Valley -- History Civil War, 1... More

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576043558)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576179459)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576187038)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576334459)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739682866)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739754866)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576410377)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14759609371)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14759670641)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14760467504)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762647172)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14782548653)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762850655)

The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photog...

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Destroying CW railroads

Destroying CW railroads

Sherman's neckties, confederate railroads destroyed by heating the rails in a bonfire and then twisting them, ruining them for later reuse unless reforged. Français : Cravates de Sherman, chemins de fer confé... More

Clover Hill Rail Road Stock

Clover Hill Rail Road Stock

Clover Hill Railroad

Last Train Atlanta Depot 1864 Crop 2

Last Train Atlanta Depot 1864 Crop 2

General Sherman's mandatory evacuation order in September 1864 led to this photograph of the last train leaving Atlanta. With overloaded cars, it will not have enough room for civilians to bring all of their b... More