Image ID: AIAT

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1865.05

Negative Size:

8 in. x 10 in.

Equipment:

bayonet; cap box; long gun; telegraph pole; telegraph wire

Locations & Lines:

Alexandria & Washington Railroad (A&W); District of Columbia; Potomac River; Virginia; Washington DC

Military Units:

US Military Railroads (USMRR); US Army

Structures & Establishments:

New A&W Long Bridge (Potomac River); Old A&W Long Bridge (Potomac River)

Sources:

Library of Congress; National Archives; USAMHI – MOLLUS collection

The Old Long Bridge across the Potomac River, looking toward Virginia, with the New Long Bridge visible at left.

Etched onto negative: No. 7824. Long bridge Washington D.C. May 1865.

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