Tag: Rappahannock River double pontoon bridge (Fredericksburg VA)

Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book Of The War. Vol. 1, No. 32. Pontoon Bridge across the Rappahanock. May, 1863. Pontoon Bridges, Across the Rappahannock. Two of the pontoon bridges used at the battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862, are shown in this sketch. On the 11th and 12th of that month, the left wing of the army, under the command of Gen. Franklin, and composed of the First and Sixth Corps, crossed at this point, one and a half miles below the city, and went into position on the flats in front; the First Corps on the extreme left, with its right extending towards the hills, and the Sixth Corps nearly at right angles to the former, with its right reaching to the outskirts of Fredericksburg.