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Pontoon Bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of Potomac crossed, June 1864 – Antique Wall Art

Pontoon Bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of Potomac crossed, June 1864, [ca. 1864] — historic photograph
Pontoon Bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of Potomac crossed, June 1864, [ca. 1864]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Pontoon Bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of Potomac crossed, June 1864 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Pontoon Bridge across James River at Powhatan Point on which Army of Potomac crossed, June 1864

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The bridge pictured here spanned the James River at Powhatan Point, the crossing the Army of the Potomac used in June 1864 as it shifted south of the river after the fighting at Cold Harbor. Army engineers assembled such floating bridges from pontoon boats, timber stringers, and planking, and a crossing of this size could carry troops, wagons, artillery, and supply trains in a steady stream. The campaign's move toward Petersburg depended on bridges like this one, and the photograph shows how much of the army's mobility rested on the engineers' work. Its record gives no photographer's name, so the image is best read as a document of the bridge itself and the logistics behind the operation.

Created / published[ca. 1864]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1860-1870.
NotesCivil War Photograph Collection. No. B458.
SubjectsPontoon bridges--Virginia--James River--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 765 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-169120

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