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May 6, 1862 | Map
The Seat of War in Eastern Virginia
This map from the front page of the May 6, 1862, New York Daily Tribune helped Americans unfamiliar with the geography of eastern Virginia sort out the landscape and resources associated with the names of towns and railroad junctions coming from newspaper reports. The constant flow of war information and visual representations like this map kept Americans abreast of far-away developments.
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May 12, 1862 | Map
The Seat of War in Eastern Virginia
During the Peninsula Campaign, the New York Daily Tribune provides readers with a detailed picture of the eastern Virginia; the Table of Distances at the bottom of the map further informs readers about the space and landscape being described in reports and dispatches. Note the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad running up the center of the image; a number of other rail lines criss-cross the map.
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July 2, 1864 | Illustration
The Town of Adairsville, Georgia
This image from the July 2, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts Union soldiers under the command of General William T. Sherman near a railroad depot at Adairsville, Georgia during the American Civil War.
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July 2, 1864 | Illustration
The Town of Kingston, Georgia
This image from the July 2, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a railroad tracks and telegraph wires at Kingston, Georgia.
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1861 | Photograph
U.S. Military Railroad Construction Corps at work on the Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg Railroad
Construction corps at work on the Aquia Creek and Fredericksburg Railroad.
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November 5, 1864 | Illustration
United States Military Railroad Before Petersburg
This image from the November 5, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a Union military railroad near Petersburg, Virginia during the American Civil War.
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November 26, 1864 | Illustration
View in Atlanta, Georgia
This image from the November 26, 1864 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the railroad depot in Atlanta, Georgia.
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1863 | Photograph
Wreck of blockade runner, Sullivan?s Island, S.C.
Blockade runners became increasingly sophisticated, taking advantage of the latest technological innovations to achieve maximum speed. For Confederates, the blockade--combined with shortsighted Confederate policies of self-reliance--slowed time and cut off communication with the world of nations, damaging Confederate transatlantic ties and claims of modern progress.
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March 28, 1863 | Photograph
Wrecking train and gang clearing wreck
