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Ponton [sic] Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks--Butlers headquarters – Vintage Print

Ponton [sic] Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks--Butlers headquarters, [1864 June-July] — historic drawing
Ponton [sic] Bridge on the Appomattox below Petersburg--Point of Rocks--Butlers headquarters, [1864 June-July]. Historic drawing 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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Point of Rocks, where the Appomattox River runs near Petersburg, was the site of a pontoon bridge and of Benjamin F. Butler's headquarters in the summer of 1864. Butler's Union forces were then pressing against Petersburg, and the crossing carried wagons and soldiers between the army's base and the siege lines. The drawing, in pencil and Chinese white on olive paper, also shows the vessels Greyhound, Butler's flagship, and Sylvan Shore, which were part of the river traffic that supplied his command. Sketches like this one give a sense of how the Union army organized its movements on land and water during the siege.

Created / published[1864 June-July]
Medium1 drawing on light olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 21.6 x 34.1 cm. (sheet)
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
SubjectsButler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin),--1818-1893--Military service. Greyhound (Flagship)--1860-1870. Sylvan Shore (Ship)--1860-1870. Military headquarters--Union--1860-1870. Carts & wagons--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Pontoon bridges--1860-1870. Ships--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation.United States--Virginia--Appomattox RiverUnited States--Virginia--Petersburg
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,048 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109021

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