Engine Fred Leach, Fired into by Rebels
Artist
Andrew Joseph Russell
(American, 1830 - 1902)
Dateca. 1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 5 9/16 × 8 inches (14.13 × 20.32 cm)
Mount: 8 7/16 × 13 1/4 inches (21.43 × 33.66 cm)
Mount: 8 7/16 × 13 1/4 inches (21.43 × 33.66 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3453
Signednone
InscribedOn mount recto, bottom center, white label in black type: "ENGINE FRED LEACH FIRED INTO BY REBELS."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a locomotive parked on tracks with two men standing on the front ; one man stands on the back and points towards a man standing in the grass. The side of the railroad car reads "U.S. MILITARY R. RDS"Gallery LabelAndrew Russell took this photograph during the Civil War. It features a damaged Union locomotive, called the Fred Leach, after it had been disabled by a group of Confederate soldiers known as Mosby’s Raiders. The man standing on the back points to a hole, likely the result of a cannon strike.
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Andrew Joseph Russell
May 3, 1863
2005.27.277
David Plowden
1955; printed 2010
2015.18.138
