CIVIL WAR B&O DEPOT a MAJOR EMBARKATION SITE FOR THOUSANDS OF UNION TROOPS PHOTO

CIVIL WAR B&O DEPOT a MAJOR EMBARKATION SITE FOR THOUSANDS OF UNION TROOPS PHOTO. CIVIL WAR B&O DEPOT a MAJOR EMBARKATION SITE FOR THOUSANDS OF UNION TROOPS PHOTO NOVEMBER 1907 PHOTOGRAPH. Was a train station located in Northwest Washington, D. A block north of the Capitol. The train station was also called the.

As it was served by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It operated from April 1851 until October 26, 1907, when Union Station commenced operation. During the American Civil War, the New Jersey Avenue Station was the major embarkation site for hundreds of thousands of Union troops. President Abraham Lincoln arrived there to be sworn in as President in 1861. It was from that station that his body along with his son "Willie" Lincoln began its long journey to his final resting place in Illinois after he was assassinated on April 14, 1865.

PERIOD ID'd ON THE REVERSE. SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. DIMENSIONS: 7 7/8" x 9 15/16". THIS IS NOT A COPY OF A REPRODUCTION.

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