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French & Co. [U. S. pontoon across Big Black River. U.S. troops in the front. C.S.A wagon & guard in the rear. 1865]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0084 Author/Creator: French & Co. Place Written: Mississippi Type: Photograph Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w Height: 24.1 cm, Width: 29.4 cm Order a Copy

Image of a long bridge crossing the Big Black River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. Silhouettes of several figures visible in the middle of the bridge and on the bank of the river. Title taken from inscription on recto. Stamp of French & Co. on verso. William C. Davis printed this image in "The Image of War" and attributed it to T. M. Moore (per the Old Court House Museum, Vicksburg, Miss).

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