Civil War pictures

Right now I am in the middle of very large and immense undertaking.....verifying, one by one, the accuracy of our photo collection spreadsheet, and descriptions.   In doing this I have encountered some very interesting photos on the civil war, that I have to share.

The first image, from a stereographic card, is of a pontoon bridge, built across the James River in Western Virginia.

A pontoon bridge—the longest one built during the Civil War—crosses the James River at Weyanoke Point in 1864. Union engineers working from both sides of the river put 101 pontoons in place to construct a bridge that spanned some 700 yards. The current was so strong at this point in the river that several schooners were placed midway across the bridge to provide needed support. The bridge was built in about seven hours on June 14, 1864, and for three days after that a line of ambulance and supply wagons that stretched some fifty miles rumbled over the bridge. Troops were also shuttled across the bridge before it was hasitly dismantled on the morning on June 18.

This second image, also a stereograph card, is of General Grant and his wife and son.

The back of this image says it was taken at Grant's headquarters, City Point, VA.

Several small cabinet cards were part of  the Aubrey Collection, and include photos of President Lincoln.  These photos were collected by Collin B "Doc" Aubrey, known as the Newsboy of the Iron Brigade.

This image is of President Lincoln and his cabinet.

This image is of President Lincoln and his Union Commanders.