9 1/8 x 12 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 13 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. cardstock mount. Penciled identification in lower margin of mount and on verso.

The photograph shows ruins of the brick house near Falmouth, VA, that Ambrose Burnside and others used as their headquarters before the house accidently burned down on 14 February 1863. Fredericksburg is visible on the horizon at left across the Rappahannock River. The three men standing in the yard may be the photographer's assistants.