Photograph shows soldiers and civilians at pontoon bridge on the James River Virginia with sailing ships in the background during Grants Wilderness Campaign May-June 1864.

Grant pontoon bridge james river. Grant changed his strategy thereafter by marching across the Chickahominy River. On the morning of June 14 Grants engineers began to span the majestic James with a pontoon bridge measuring 2100 feet in length and 13 feet in width making it. A Pontoon Bridge that spans 1992 feet across the narrowest point of the James River to Flowerdew Hundred Owners use 1804 house as a hunting lodge and bachelors quarters for sons until 1948 Flowerdew Hundred becomes a modern 1323 acre working farm 1864 1915 1967 1864 Pontoon Bridge Main house built on site of 1804 dwelling Original 1850 school house is adapted into the Flowerdew.

Union engineers labored all night to construct a 2100-foot pontoon bridge over the river at nearby Weyanoke. The bridge completed seven hours later was 2170 feet long and used 101 ponton boats. Smith would cooperate with the II Army Corps which would cross the James farther downstream.

Comstock and Porter were then to select the best crossing point on the river for the ponton bridge. The remainder of the Union army crossed the tenuous span on June 15. H Trevilian Station Cavalry fought here June 11-12 1864 as Grant began infantry move.

United States Sanitary Commission. The monumental work remained in place until 18 June when it was dismantled by the 15th New York Engineers. 450 Union engineers began construction of the bridge across 101 heavy pontoon boats anchored by 3 large schooners in mid river.

Now a Charles City County park. More Details Cite This Item Image ID 1150142. Multiple Trails sites H Long Bridge Union troops crossed Chickahominy River here after disengaging at Cold Harbor.

Grant in his Memoirs describes why. Stereograph showing a pontoon bridge across the James River near Jones Landing Virginia. As his last act as commander of the Landing Abbot asked Grant to keep the pontoon bridge at the landing for the townsfolk to use.