Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: AJVZm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 43.7 Mb

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Image ID: AJVZ

Credit:

by O’Sullivan (Timothy H.)
Date:

1864.05.24
Negative Size:

4 in. x 10 in. stereo
Equipment:

bridge pontoon (canvas); horse; mule; pickaxe; shovel
Locations & Lines:

Jericho Mills VA; North Anna River VA; Virginia
Military Units:

5th Corps; 50th New York Engineers; 50th New York Engineers (Company H); Army of the Potomac; US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Jericho Mills (Jericho Mills VA); Jericho Mills pontoon bridge (North Anna River VA)
Transports:

bridge pontoon wagon; freight wagon
Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Photographic War History. The War for the Union. 1861-1865. No. 1079. Engineer Corps Building a Road. This view shows a detachment of the 50th New York Engineers making a road on the north side of the North Anna River, near Jericho Mills. In the background is seen the ammunition train of the Fifth Corps crossing the river on the pontoon bridge built by the Engineer Corps. All old soldiers of the Army of the Potomac remember the valuable services rendered by the 50th New York Engineer Corps. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card].

Miller, Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 5, p220 says: 50th N. Y, Hard At Work In Grant’s Advance, May, 1864… The soldiers are still hard at work. The wagon-train continues to stream steadily over the bridge.

Gardner No. 749?

Etched onto negative: 1079.

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