Image ID: ARRH

Credit:

by Gardner (Alexander)

Date:

1862.11

Negative Size:

4 in. x 10 in. stereo

Equipment:

bayonet; bridge pontoon (wood); cap box; horse; long gun; saddle; Sibley tent; telegraph pole; telegraph wire; wall tent

Locations & Lines:

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O); Berlin MD; Chesapeake & Ohio Canal; Maryland; Potomac River

Military Units:

US Army

Structures & Establishments:

Berlin bridge (Potomac River); Berlin pontoon bridge (Potomac River)

Sources:

Library of Congress; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

Photographic Incidents of the War. No. 616. Pontoon Bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin. [Gardner Co. stereo card]

Ruins of old bridge also seen.

Gardner No. 616.

Etched onto negative: 616.