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- GLC#
- GLC05111.01.0076-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- circa 1861-1865
- Author/Creator
- Fowx, Egbert Guy, 1821-1891
- Title
- Pontoon bridge across James River
- Place Written
- Richmond, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 albumen print Height: 23.1 cm, Width: 30.2 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
A print of a photograph of boats in a river. Over a dozen boats can be seen. The titular pontoon bridge can be seen stretching across the horizon. Penciled below the image is: "Pontoon bridge across the James River over which the army of the Potomac passed on it [sic] way to Richmond, Va." The section of the River is likely that 'below' Richmond between the city and Hampton Roads. Written note on verso: "the ironclad in far right of photograph is the Monitor "Atlanta" (in handwriting of F.H. Meserve).
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