The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies . e place I found, what I knew before, that this river wasfrom 400 to 500 feet wide, and so deep and rapid that the building of abridge was a matter of impossibility. After consulting the engineers of the staff of General Blenker, namely,Captaiu Schulz and Lieutenant Sprandel, we came to the conclusionto build rafts, as the only way to transport the troops over the Sunday evening we were able to convey over on our first raft a por-tion of the Fifty-eighth Regiment New York State Volunte
The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies . e place I found, what I knew before, that this river wasfrom 400 to 500 feet wide, and so deep and rapid that the building of abridge was a matter of impossibility. After consulting the engineers of the staff of General Blenker, namely,Captaiu Schulz and Lieutenant Sprandel, we came to the conclusionto build rafts, as the only way to transport the troops over the Sunday evening we were able to convey over on our first raft a por-tion of the Fifty-eighth Regiment New York State Volunteers, and onMonday, another raft being finished, we passed over the balance of theFifty-eighth, together with the Seventy-fourth Regiment PennsylvaniaVolunteers, and nearly a company of cavalry. The working of the rafts was done by three ropes, of which one wastied on a tree above the landing place and the others were managed onboth shores by the men on the principle of a floating bridge. The bestidea I can give is the diagram of our position. 102 OPERATIONS IN N. VA., W. VA., AND MD. [Cbap. a. Big sycamore tree, where the floating rope was Two rafts. c. Crossing place. d. Landing place. e ee. Eope to draw the empty rafts Eope to draw the rafts fully on g. Floating rope. On Tuesday, at noon, three regiments of infantry, with ambulancesand horses and nearly a company of mounted rifles, had crossed theriver without any accident worthy of note. General Bohlen informedme that he was desirous of sending over a number of baggage wagons,and would endeavor to do so by an old ferry-boat which was broughtup the river the day before and had undergone some small repairs atthe hands of our men, the same being destroyed by the rebels beforethey left. I spoke to General Bohlen in regard to this boat, and in-formed him that I had no confidence in its strength, but as by thetransporting of a baggage wagon no lives were endangered I consentedto make the trial
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