. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Wjfff^. FEDERALS ADVANCING INTO TENNESSEE—18G-2 Incessantly, tliroiif;ii ruin or .shine, the worl< on this bridge <)\er the Elk River, near Pnlaski, Tennessee,on the Central Alabama Railroad, went on durin<; the months of June and July. The engineers had be-fore I hem an enormous task. Tlie PVderal General Buells army was short of su])])lies and anununition,and Ihe e()m])lotion of this bridfi;e, and other bridges, was a matter of vital necessity. Supplies had

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Wjfff^. FEDERALS ADVANCING INTO TENNESSEE—18G-2 Incessantly, tliroiif;ii ruin or .shine, the worl< on this bridge <)\er the Elk River, near Pnlaski, Tennessee,on the Central Alabama Railroad, went on durin<; the months of June and July. The engineers had be-fore I hem an enormous task. Tlie PVderal General Buells army was short of su])])lies and anununition,and Ihe e()m])lotion of this bridfi;e, and other bridges, was a matter of vital necessity. Supplies had to be})i()iight from Nashville. The roads were heavy with mud and tlie incessant rains had swollen the streams,making it not only .slow but almost impossible for wagon trains to keej) in touch witli tlic base. Over theCentral Alabama (Naslnillc and Decatur Railroad) food and other necessities for tlic armys verjexist- [212)

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