Poplar Grove, Va. March 1865. Log church built by the 50th New York Engineers, with the engineer insignia above the door
Description:
From "War Memories" catalog: The Engineer Corps were made up of skilled mechanics, bridge builders, etc., etc., and their winter quarters on the lines before Petersburg during the winter of 1864-1865, made by far the handsomest, most attractive camp in the Army of the Potomac. This is a view of the beautiful little church built by them at their camp. The church and steeple are made of rough pine logs and branches, with the bark on, but it is artistic enough to make it worthy of a more permanent existance than a soldier's camp warrants.
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Notes:
Title from "War Memories" catalog.
Alternative title from Milhollen and Mugridge.
"War Memories" catalog number: 345
Milhollen and Mugridge number: 413
Handwritten on item back: 38
Notes (date):
Date from Milhollen and Mugridge.
Notes (citation):
"War memories, the war for the Union 1861-1865 : catalogue of original photographic war views : photographic history of the war for the Union." Taylor & Huntington, 1890, Hartford, Conn.
Milhollen, Hirst D. and Mugridge, Donald H. "Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 : a catalog of copy negatives made from originals selected from the Mathew B. Brady Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress." Library of Congress, 1961, Washington.
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