. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . PONTONIERS ON THE DAY OF BATTLE BOWING THE PONTOONS INTO PLACE, FOB SEDGWICK TO I BOSS TO THE REAROF LEES MIMV RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER, MAI 3, 1868. THE ENGINEERS DIG A ROAD FOR THE ARMY The rapid movement of an army and its supplies wins victories and makes possible the execution of effectivestrategy. Road-making is no less essential to the success of a soldier than the handling of a musket. Theupper photograph shows Major Beers of the Fiftieth New York Engineers, on hors
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . PONTONIERS ON THE DAY OF BATTLE BOWING THE PONTOONS INTO PLACE, FOB SEDGWICK TO I BOSS TO THE REAROF LEES MIMV RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER, MAI 3, 1868. THE ENGINEERS DIG A ROAD FOR THE ARMY The rapid movement of an army and its supplies wins victories and makes possible the execution of effectivestrategy. Road-making is no less essential to the success of a soldier than the handling of a musket. Theupper photograph shows Major Beers of the Fiftieth New York Engineers, on horseback, directing his bat Un-ion at road-making on the south bank of the North Anna River May 24, 1804. A wagon-train of the FifthCorps is crossing the bridge by Jericho Mills, constructed on the previous day by Captain Van Brockliifscompany of the Fiftieth New York Engineers. In the lower photograph Major Beers has apparently riddenaway, but the soldiers are still hard at work. The wagon-train continues to stream steadily over the bridge.
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