File:16 Berlin (now Brunswick), Md. in 1863 by Alexander Gardner.jpg
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A view of Berlin (now Brunswick), Md. in 1863 by Alexander Gardner. See the dual pontoon bridges and ruins of the stone bridge. In the scene, a Union wagon train is forming to pursue Lee into Virginia.
The Army of the Potomac crossed here twice. Once after Sharpsburg and then after Gettysburg. As Wade Watson told us, “The 1862 bridge was a single span and as soon as the army crossed, it was removed and used to get the army across the Rappahanock river at the battle of Fredericksburg. The dual pontoon bridges were erected at Berlin in July 1863.
(Photo from the Library of Congress)
Bill Shewbridge: Gardner shot on glass plates. It’s a miracle anything survives.
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