. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. AND ONE WAS GRAY WITH REBELS The photograph of Confederates on the Fredericksburg end of the ruined railroad bridge is one of the firsttelephoto photographs anywhere taken. On page ^G, Volume I, of this History is reproduced a photographmade by climbing out along the portion of the bridge standing on the eastern hank of the river. At theleft of this picture, the end of a bridge-beam is seen roughly projected against the brick wal
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. AND ONE WAS GRAY WITH REBELS The photograph of Confederates on the Fredericksburg end of the ruined railroad bridge is one of the firsttelephoto photographs anywhere taken. On page ^G, Volume I, of this History is reproduced a photographmade by climbing out along the portion of the bridge standing on the eastern hank of the river. At theleft of this picture, the end of a bridge-beam is seen roughly projected against the brick wall. The photographis proof of the friendly relations existing between the two armies encamped on opposite banks of the Rappa-hannock. Men in gray, both officer and private, are actually posing before the Federal camera. GeneralGordon says: This rollicking sort of intercourse would have been alarming in its intimacy, but for the perfectconfidence which the officers of both sides had in their men. Even officers on the opposite banks of thisnarrow stream would now and then declare a truce among themselves, in order that they
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