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Pontoon bridge over the James River, Va., from North bank. [1864 ca.]

Location either at Weyanoke Point or Powhattan Point, near Harrison's Landing, VA. Soldiers are crossing the bridge while cavalry troopers wait to cross. The bridge appears to have a section detached to allow the ship on the left passage. The...

GLC05111.01.0398

View of pontoon bridge across stream, in the rear of a group of Federal soldiers posed in forground looking across bridge.

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.

GLC05111.01.0400

Bridge crossing shallow creek.

A man poses on the left bank and another sits on the left side of the bridge. The image is in the shape of a circle with a black border. Numeric notation: "913." Note: image is loaded upside down.

GLC05111.01.0403

Wilderness # 55. Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna River, view from South Bank

Variant copy. A few men are moving across the bridge and one man stands behind a mound of dirt on the right hand side of the image. Numeric notation: "752 X." Inscriptions on verso: " Chesterfield Bridge, No. Anna River." Additional...

GLC05111.01.0427

The Breakwater

Image of two men standing on a breakwater that leads to a light house. Several sailing vessels are visible in the water. A typed note on the mount indicates that the photograph was taken by "Black," referring to James Wallace Black, a noted Boston...

GLC05111.01.0452

Whiteside Valley below the bridge, photo from nature by G.N. Barnard

Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." A long, winding road runs down the center-left of the image. The frame of an unfinished building is visible to the right of the road in the center of the image. Soldiers pose...

GLC05111.01.0454

Camp of 31st Pennsylvania infantry, and headquarters Graham's brigade

View of large field with the camp of the 31st infantry visible in the center. The 31st was a regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers organized in Harrisburg in June 1863 and mustered out in August 1863. Fence runs diagonally across two-thirds of the...

GLC05111.01.0456

Pontoon Bridge from Georgetown to Analostan Island. [Washington] 24 May 1865.

Negative by W. Morris Smith. "Incidents of the War" series. Shows civilian men and women crossing the bridge in the background while, in the foreground, some civilians ride in an open carriage.

GLC05111.01.0299

Rail bridge across the Tennessee River at Bridgeport, Ala. [1864 ca.]

Railroad bridge on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. This was the fourth bridge constructed at this spot, the previous three being destroyed by the Confederates. The broad wagon-way below the railroad trestles can be seen.

GLC05111.01.0339

Scene on the Tennesse River. [1863-1864 ca.]

View of the Tennessee River taken from an elevated position. In the foreground is a plank building and a slightly open draw bridge. Two steam boats are in the river and steaming toward the draw bridge. A metal pipe is sticking out of the window of...

GLC05111.01.0340

Ruins of bridge at Berlin, Virginia.

Image of river through Berlin, Virginia, which was spanned at one point by a bridge of which only the vertical pylons are remaining. In the foreground are several small houses bordering a road that crossed the bridge. Inscription on verso: "Ruins of...

GLC05111.01.0722

Engineers erecting a bridge across the North Fork of the Rappahannock River.

Inscription on verso: "Erecting Bridge across the north fork of the Rappahannock." Numeric notation on verso: "141."

GLC05111.01.0739

to John Thompson Hoffman

President Grant transmits a copy of a treaty (not included) signed 8 May 1871 between the United States and Great Britain to Hoffman, Governor of New York. Informs Hoffman of shared American and British use of waterways, stating that "It is...

GLC01817

[Endorsed receipt for 100 lbs of gunpowder for the Potomac Company].

Cosigned by John Fitzgerald and George Gilpin. Receipt for payment made out from Richardson Stuart to Henry Bedinger and Jacob Bedinger. The Potomac Company was Washington's first business venture after the American Revolution.

GLC01831

Report of the Secretary of Treasury on... public roads and canals

Latrobe's report on Mr Fulton's "Communication" appears on p. 108. Printed by R. C. Weightman.

GLC01871

[Certifying return of three runaway servant men from the Potomac Company]

Certificate signed by Samuel Love Jr. that John Dubell brought before him three "Runaway Servant men the property of the Potomack Company." Says they were brought from Anthony Baine's property, which he thinks is 28 or 30 miles away. Verso has note...

GLC01976

Address of W.G. Harding, Before Railway Business Association

Draft of a speech in which Harding reflects on the history of the railroad and his personal connection with it. He extols its benefits and its role in developing modern life, and argues the importance of maintaining it to the United States. He does...

GLC01968

Topographical map of the road from Missouri to Oregon

Compiled by Charles Preuss, 1846, by command of the Senate. In Seven Sections. Scale 10 miles to the inch. Litho by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore.

GLC01873

to Eli Williams, Thomas Moore, and Joseph Kerr

President Jefferson writes to the commissioners of the Cumberland Road about reexamining its route from Washington, Pennsylvania, to Wheeling, Pennsylvania. Explains that "the principal object of this road is a communication directly westwardly if...

GLC02148

[Collection of Erastus R. McKinney, I company, 11th regiment, Illinois, infantry] [decimalized]

Collection of 47 items from the papers of Erastus Root McKinney, who served as a private in the 11th Illinois Volunteers. The collection consists of 43 documents, 4 photographs, and a diary, much of which documents McKinney's service in the Civil War...

GLC02179.01

to Ford, Heath & Company

Anthony discusses the payment of interest on bonds and business ventures with Ford, Heath, & Company, a British firm. Explaining the economic situation in Arkansas, Anthony states "Liberal loans were made upon long times payable in installments with...

GLC02210.01

to John Sherman

Cadwalader, a Sacramento lawyer, discusses California politics with Sherman, a United State Senator from Ohio. Reports that the California presidential election will be held on the following day, with Lincoln holding a 134 count majority over...

GLC08647

to Braxton Bragg

Writes to Confederate General Bragg just after the fall of Atlanta about Union General William T. Sherman's and Confederate General John Bell Hood's 10 day armistice. "Sherman & Hood's 10 days Armistice is troubling the public mind hereabout."...

GLC08491

to Mary Williams Shepard

Lieutenant Bryan, a topographical engineer, writes to his mother from the steamer Australia on the Missouri River. Relates visiting Washington, D. C., St. Louis, Missouri, and Indianapolis, among other locations. States that "the people all appear...

GLC08506

to Mary B. Van Valkenburgh

Gerrit writes to his mother Mary, declaring that he wrote two or three weeks ago, but he knows many of his letters do not make it, so he is writing again. He reports that he has recovered from his bout of Erysipelas and that he weighs more now than...

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