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- GLC#
- GLC02199.05-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1876
- Author/Creator
- Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
- Title
- The Pontoon Bridges
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 etching : b&w Height: 46.9 cm, Width: 59.3 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Marked "Plate 5." Depicts an army crossing two pontoon bridges over a river and closing up into column on a hill. The advance is pushing through the woods, which have caught fire. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.7 x 40.4 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Slight damage at bottom margin, probably from when the image was removed from the binding. Titles taken from the table of contents.
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