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African American laborers on the U.S. Military Railroad in Northern Virginia
Photographer: Andrew J. Russell
Taken: 1863
Caption: African American laborers on the U.S. Military Railroad in Northern Virginia
Additional Description: "From the beginning of the Civil War, African Americans worked on the railroads, transferring their labor to the Union cause." Library of Congress LC-DIG-ppmsca-10395
Submitted: October 24, 2013, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p258693
File Size: 0.344 Megabytes

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