Seeing the Civil War

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File Details: AMECm, 800 DPI, TIFF, Original Photograph, 30.5 Mb

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Image ID: AMEC

Credit:

by Fowx (Egbert G.)
Date:

1863.05.02
Negative Size:

6.5 in. x 8.5 in.
Equipment:

barrel; bayonet; bridge pontoon (wood); horse; long gun
Locations & Lines:

Rappahannock River VA; Virginia
Military Units:

US Army
Structures & Establishments:

Franklin’s Crossing pontoon bridge (Rappahannock River VA)
Transports:

freight wagon
Sources:

Library of Congress

Library of Congress says: Ponton [i.e. pontoon] bridges at “Franklins crossing” 2-1/2 miles below Fredericksburg, Va., laid April 29th 1863 – from plain above river bottom Bridges were laid here in Decr. 1862 & in April & June 1862 [i.e. 1863].

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