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Pontoon bridge across james river. Park steamboats ferried the troops and wagons of two corps across the James River on 14-15 June. A mile south of here at Wilcox Wharf now Lawrence Lewis Jr. No need to register buy now.

Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes Record Group 111 Photographer. Pontoon bridge across the James June 1864. 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.

SubstPlease link imagesFilePonton Bridge across the James River Virginia 1864jpg File history Click on a datetime to view the file as it appeared at that time. The monumental work remained in place until 18 June when it was dismantled by the 15th New York Engineers. Pontoon bridge across Appomattox Va below Broadway Landing Va.

Jan 1 2013 - Original Caption. Download this stock image. RM2DB3ACP Pontoon bridges across James River at Richmond Va.

Broadway Landings most important transportation application however came from its pontoon bridge across the Appomattox River which was for a time the sole Union crossing point on the river. 450 Union engineers began construction of the bridge across 101 heavy pontoon boats anchored by 3 large schooners in mid river. After the US Civil War the US Army arrived in Texas on June 19 1865 to occupy the state restore order and.

This last statement may strike some as erroneous the British bridge over Burmas Chindwin River in December 1944 is often billed as the longest in military history. Brady Mathew 1823 ca - 1896 Coverage Dates. Three miles downstream at Weyanoke Point Union engineers built a 700-yard-long pontoon bridge in seven hours on 14 June.