. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, »tl, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS FINISHED AT FRANKLINS CROSSING APRIL 29, 183 Hopeful and proud these pontoniers of Hookers engineer battalion stand upon their just-completed bridge —rushed across in one hour and ten minutes. The bridge train, wagons and boats, had been masked al t a mile from the river in dense woods. Then the boats were carried to the river at nighl and were actuallylaunched before the Confederates were aware of the enterpri
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, »tl, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS FINISHED AT FRANKLINS CROSSING APRIL 29, 183 Hopeful and proud these pontoniers of Hookers engineer battalion stand upon their just-completed bridge —rushed across in one hour and ten minutes. The bridge train, wagons and boats, had been masked al t a mile from the river in dense woods. Then the boats were carried to the river at nighl and were actuallylaunched before the Confederates were aware of the enterprise. Troops were ferried across in the face ofmusketry fire from the opposite hank, and the Confederates were driven off. Captain A. J. Russell, who tookthis photograph, followed close upon this action. In photographs of Franklins < Irossing taken subsequently,the trees have been chopped down, but here the earth, freshly upturned to make an approach to the bridge,and the little pup-tents just going up across the river, both indicate thai the soldiers have just arrived. Theywere not aware that Jackson was to c
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