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File Details: AAPWm, 350 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 6.7 Mb

Image ID: AAPW

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)

Date:

1864.03

Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.

Equipment:

bayonet; bridge pontoon (wood); long gun

Locations & Lines:

Hazel River VA, Wellford’s Ford VA, Virginia, Hazel River VA, Welford’s Ford VA, Virginia

Military Units:

Army of the Potomac; US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Pontoon bridge (Welford’s Ford VA)

Sources:

Boston Athenaeum; Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Library of Congress says: Pontoon bridge across Hazel River, Va., March, 1864.

Boston Athenaeum incorrectly says: Pontoon Bridge, Appomattox River, Va.

Fowx negative no. 389.

Etched onto negative: 389, 111T [both crossed out]. Pontoon Bridge across Blackburn’s Ford, Bull Run [sic]. 433.