. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . bout one hundred men came down opposite the ferry, just above the oldbridge, and broke into little groups, in military precision. Four or five withspades and other implements improvised a wooden abutment on the shore;another party rowed against the stream, moored a scow, and let it drift downuntil it was opposite the wooden abutment; then a party of ten advanced,each two men carrying a claw-balk, or timbers fitted with a claw, one of whichheld the gunwale of the boat, the other th
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . bout one hundred men came down opposite the ferry, just above the oldbridge, and broke into little groups, in military precision. Four or five withspades and other implements improvised a wooden abutment on the shore;another party rowed against the stream, moored a scow, and let it drift downuntil it was opposite the wooden abutment; then a party of ten advanced,each two men carrying a claw-balk, or timbers fitted with a claw, one of whichheld the gunwale of the boat, the other the shore abutment. Twenty mennow came down on the left with planks, one inch thick, six inches wide, andfifteen feet long, narrowed at each end; these they laid across the five joists orbalks, and returned on the right. Another party meanwhile moored anotherboat, which dropped down-stream opposite the one already bridged; fivejoists, each twenty feet long, were laid upon the gunwale by five men; thesewere fastened by those in the boat, by means of ropes, to cleats or hooks pro- 156 CAMPAIGNING TO NO PURPOSE. ^. r»it*#*7 . ■■■■ 1. .■/ . 1 . . j , 5iMr itzum , r1A: vw ww-1H j, tfafroL, ■ 1 m] I; VV-K .*S«ELTON
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