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Unknown Ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0559 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1862/03 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 19.1 x 24.8 cm Order a Copy

View looks down the stream and shows the ruined stone bridge at Manassas battlefield. The structure is mostly intact on both banks of the water, middle span has collapsed. A pile of rubble is visible in the water below. A covered wago, perhaps belonging to the photographer, is in the far left background. Inscription on verso: "Bull Run Bridge."

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