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![[Sketch of the United States Ford on the Rappahannock River].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvc2tldGNoLW9mLXRoZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLWZvcmQtb24tdGhlLXJhcHBhaGFubm9jay1yaXZlci0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/396/jpg "[Sketch of the United States Ford on the Rappahannock River].")
![[Ford near Shepherdstown, on the Potomac. Pickets firing across the river]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjkvZm9yZC1uZWFyLXNoZXBoZXJkc3Rvd24tb24tdGhlLXBvdG9tYWMtcGlja2V0cy1maXJpbmctYWNyb3NzLXRoZS1yaXZlci01MTE2YzAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Ford near Shepherdstown, on the Potomac. Pickets firing across the river]")
![[Rappahannock River, Virginia Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvcmFwcGFoYW5ub2NrLXJpdmVyLXZhLWZ1Z2l0aXZlLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW5zLWZvcmRpbmctdGhlLXJhcHBhaGFubm9jay0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/34/webp "[Rappahannock River, Virginia Fugitive African Americans fording the Rappahannock]")
![[Fleet of Fords in Western ranch]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvZmxlZXQtb2YtZm9yZHMtaW4td2VzdGVybi1yYW5jaC02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Fleet of Fords in Western ranch]")
![The Poe Cottage at Fordham, [N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLXBvZS1jb3R0YWdlLWF0LWZvcmRoYW0tbnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/35/webp "The Poe Cottage at Fordham, [N.Y.]")
