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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Incidents of the War. Ruins of Stone Bridge, Bull Run, Va. March, 1862.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03588.01 Author/Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Place Written: Manassas, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: March 1862 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w : 2 p. : Height: 31 cm, Width: 40 cm Order a Copy

The ruins of the small bridge occupy the front and center of the image. A man sits on the ruins on the left-hand side of the image. The desolate, battle-scarred Manassas landscape fills the background. Negative by Barnard & Gibson, positive by A. Gardner, circa 1865. The image is accompanied by a text leaf.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Barnard, George N., 1819-1902
Gibson, James, 1828-1905

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