The Patriot Files

The engine "Firefly" on a

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:54 -0800

by: David

Description: The engine "Firefly" on a trestle of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad.

U.S. Military Railroads e

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:51 -0800

by: David

Description: U.S. Military Railroads engine No.137, built in l864 in the yards at Chattanooga, Tenn., with troops lined up in the background.

Depot of the U.S. Militar

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:49 -0800

by: David

Description: Depot of the U.S. Military Railroads, City Point, Va., 1864, showing the engine "President."

Ruins of Hood's 28-car am

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:47 -0800

by: David

Description: Ruins of Hood's 28-car ammunition train and the Schofield Rolling Mill, near Atlanta, Ga., September 1864.

Ruins of the Confederate

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:44 -0800

by: David

Description: Ruins of the Confederate enginehouse at Atlanta, Ga., September 1864, showing the engines "Telegraph" and "O.A. Bull."

U.S. Military Railroads e

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:42 -0800

by: David

Description: U.S. Military Railroads engine "General Haupt," built in 1863.

Station at Hanover Juncti

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:40 -0800

by: David

Description: Station at Hanover Junction, Pa., showing an engine and cars. In November 1863 Lincoln had to change trains at this point to dedicate the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Excavating for a "Y" at D

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 16:20:38 -0800

by: David

Description: Excavating for a "Y" at Devereux Station on the orange and Alexandria Railroad. Brig. Gen. Hermann Haupt, Chief of Construction and Transportation, U.S. Military Railroads, is standing on the bank supervising the work. The "General Haupt," the engine pulling the train in the photograph, was named in Haupt's honor.

A 15-inch Rodman gun in B

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:58:14 -0800

by: David

Description: A 15-inch Rodman gun in Battery Rodgers, Alexandria, Va.

Confederate torpedoes, sh

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:58:11 -0800

by: David

Description: Confederate torpedoes, shot, and shells in front of the arsenal, Charleston, S.C., 1865.

A 200-pound Parrott rifle

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:58:07 -0800

by: David

Description: A 200-pound Parrott rifle in Fort Gregg on Morris Island, S.C., 1865.

Confederate Napoleon gun

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:58:05 -0800

by: David

Description: Confederate Napoleon gun used in the defense of Atlanta, 1864.

The 13-inch mortar "Dicta

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:58:03 -0800

by: David

Description: The 13-inch mortar "Dictator" mounted on a railroad flatcar before Petersburg, Va., October 1864.

Confederate "Quaker" guns

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:58:01 -0800

by: David

Description: Confederate "Quaker" guns-logs mounted to deceive Union forces-in the fortifications at Centreville, Va., March 1862.

Columbiad guns of the Con

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:57:59 -0800

by: David

Description: Columbiad guns of the Confederate water battery at Warrington, Fla. (entrance to Pensacola Bay), February 1861.

A Union station on the Ja

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:57:51 -0800

by: David

Description: A Union station on the James River established for extracting gunpowder from Confederate torpedoes, 1864.

Ambulance drill of the 57

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:57:16 -0800

by: David

Description: Ambulance drill of the 57th New York Infantry, 1864.

Pontoon bridge across the

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:56:57 -0800

by: David

Description: Pontoon bridge across the James River at Richmond, Va., 1865.

The four-tiered, 780-foot

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:56:55 -0800

by: David

Description: The four-tiered, 780-foot-long railroad trestle bridge built by Federal engineers at Whiteside, Tenn., 1864. A guard camp is also shown.

Digging the Dutch Gap Can

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:56:53 -0800

by: David

Description: Digging the Dutch Gap Canal on the James River, Va., 1864.

Federal engineers bridgin

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:56:51 -0800

by: David

Description: Federal engineers bridging the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, March 1864.

Pontoon bridge at Bull Ru

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:56:49 -0800

by: David

Description: Pontoon bridge at Bull Run, Va., 1862.

Signal Tower at Cobb's Hi

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:56:40 -0800

by: David

Description: Signal Tower at Cobb's Hill, near New Market, Va., 1864.

Constructing telegraph li

David — Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:56:38 -0800

by: David

Description: Constructing telegraph lines, April 1864.