. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . r»it*#*7 . ■■■■ 1. .■/ . 1 . . j , 5iMr itzum , r1A: vw ww-1H j, tfafroL, ■ 1 m] I; VV-K .*S«ELTON. CONFEDERATE PRISONERS. BASED UPON A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH. vided for the purpose 011 the side of the scows, which were shoved off fromthe shore until the shore end of the balk rested upon the shore boat. Thesewere covered with planks in the same manner as before; side-rails of joistswere lashed down with ropes to secure the whole. So one after another ofthe boats was dropped into p
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . r»it*#*7 . ■■■■ 1. .■/ . 1 . . j , 5iMr itzum , r1A: vw ww-1H j, tfafroL, ■ 1 m] I; VV-K .*S«ELTON. CONFEDERATE PRISONERS. BASED UPON A WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPH. vided for the purpose 011 the side of the scows, which were shoved off fromthe shore until the shore end of the balk rested upon the shore boat. Thesewere covered with planks in the same manner as before; side-rails of joistswere lashed down with ropes to secure the whole. So one after another ofthe boats was dropped into position until a bridge several hundred feet longreached from the Maryland to the Virginia shore, for the passage of artilleryand every description of munitions for an army. Owing to the force of thecurrent, a large rope-cable was stretched from shore to shore fifty feet abovethe bridge, and the upper end of each boat was stayed to the cable by asmaller rope. The rushing bent the bridge into a half-moon curve. Theclock-like precision with which these men worked showed them to be thedrilled engineers and pontoniers of the regular army. After the bridge wasbuilt, a slight, short man, with sandy hair, in military
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