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Unknown Man seated on ruins of Bull Run stone bridge, Manassas, Va. [March 1862 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0562 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1862/03 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 18.4 x 23.5 cm Order a Copy

The image is a side view of the ruins of the stone bridge at Bull Run. The sides of the bridge are still standing but nothing remains of the middle span except a large pile of rubble in the water below. The man is seated on the the edge of the structure on the near bank.

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