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Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run. No. 2. March, 1862.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0039 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander (1821-1882) Place Written: Manassas, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: March 1862 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 32.9 x 45.7 cm. Order a Copy

One photograph entitled, "Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run," taken by Alexander Gardner dated March 1862. This page was taken from "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War." Image is of debris from bridge lying in the Bull Run creek below. A copse of trees and a snake-rail fence visible in the background. See GLC 5111.01.0802 for a view of the bridge's foundation before it was destroyed and GLC 5111.01.0562 for another view of the ruins of the bridge.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Barnard, George N., 1819-1902
Gibson, James, 1828-1905

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