. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . ghtsand the battery at GeorgetownHeights, guarded the AqueductBridge. The largest approach toWashington was the famous LongBridge, a mile in length, and con-necting the National Capital withAlexandria, Virginia, the gateway tothe Confederacy. Three earthen fortscommanded its entrance. All sol-diers of the Army of the Potomac re-member Long Bridge. It was overthis structure that a hundred thou-sand men passed in defense of theircountry, many of them never to re-cross it. This was one of the strate-gic p
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . ghtsand the battery at GeorgetownHeights, guarded the AqueductBridge. The largest approach toWashington was the famous LongBridge, a mile in length, and con-necting the National Capital withAlexandria, Virginia, the gateway tothe Confederacy. Three earthen fortscommanded its entrance. All sol-diers of the Army of the Potomac re-member Long Bridge. It was overthis structure that a hundred thou-sand men passed in defense of theircountry, many of them never to re-cross it. This was one of the strate-gic points in the first days of the warand consequently one of the first pic-tures taken by Brady, with its senti-nel on duty and the sergeant of theguard ready to examine the pass. Noman ever crossed Long Bridge with-out this written oath: It is under-stood that the within named and sub-scriber accepts this pass on his wordof honor that he is and will be everloyal to the United States; and ifhereafter found in arms against theUnion, or in any way aiding herenemies, the penalty will be HOTOCRAPH TAKEN AT LONG BRIDGE ENTRANCE TO WASHINGTON THERE is nothing impossible toany army in time of are thrown acrossrivers in a night; roads areconstructed as the line advances; tele-graph wires are uncoiled in the wakeof the moving regiments. To protectfrom a delay that might mean defeat,the army frequently carried its ownbridges with it. These army orpontoon bridges consisted of boatsover which planks were thrown tospan the waterways. This view showstwo of the boats wheels ready for themarch. Each pontoon wagon isdrawn by six mules. These pon-toons were always getting stuck inthe mud, and the soldiers, strugglingalong under their own burdens, wereobliged to haul on the drag ropes, andraise the blockade. Probably no sol-dier will see this picture without be-ing reminded of the time when hehelped to pull these pontoons out ofthe mud, and comforted himself byshouting at the mul
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