View of pontoon bridge across stream, in the rear of a group of Federal soldiers posed in forground looking across bridge.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0400 Author/Creator: Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 10.7 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy
Three additional men pose in the middle of the bridge on the left side. The men all appear to be watching a group on the far side of the bridge, but it is unclear what this group is doing. Numeric notation: "V 3476." Stamp of the Century Co.
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