. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE BUSY BASE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, February, 1863. In the movements of Burnside and Hooker along theRappahannock in the winter of 1862-3 this point became the base of supplies for the Army of the and supply-ships from Alexandria were bringing down troops, food, clothing, arms, annnuni-tion, and artillery, and unloading them at the pontoon piers, such as shown in this picture, whence theywere forwarded along the line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad to general

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . THE BUSY BASE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, February, 1863. In the movements of Burnside and Hooker along theRappahannock in the winter of 1862-3 this point became the base of supplies for the Army of the and supply-ships from Alexandria were bringing down troops, food, clothing, arms, annnuni-tion, and artillery, and unloading them at the pontoon piers, such as shown in this picture, whence theywere forwarded along the line of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad to general head-quarters at Falmouth Station. The position at Aquia Creek had been occupied alternately by the Federaland Confederate forces from the beginning of the war. Federal troops landed here in August, 1862, Ijeforethe second battle of Bull Run. After Lees brilliant victory at Chancellorsville, which drove Hooker indefeat north of the Rappahannock, the great Confederate leader pressed boldly forward. The Federal baseof supplies remained at Aquia Creek unti

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