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Summary
Stereograph showing an aerial view from the north bank of the North Anna River of a canvas pontoon bridge constructed by the 50th New York Engineers near Jericho Mills, Virginia in May 1864. The 5th Corps under General Gouverneur K. Warren had crossed the bridge earlier.
No. 746.
Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.
Attributed to Timothy H. O'Sullivan in 1864, based on LC-B811-746.
Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Original negative is: LC-B811-746.
During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.