Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge in Ruins, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
The first of nine times this bridge, which crossed the Potomac River into Maryland, was destroyed during the Civil War. The damage in the photograph was the work of Confederate Colonel Thomas (later General "Stonewall") Jackson's troops, before pulling back to Winchester in June, 1861. The shells of the burned Armory buildings still stands in the background below the town.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge Over Potomac River Across From Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1863
Description:
One of the nine reconstructed bridges (on the same spot) connecting Harpers Ferry over the Potomac River to Maryland. This bridge was also eventually destroyed during the Civil War.
Maryland Heights Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Va, (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
Maryland, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and a reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge on the Potomac River as viewed from the Harpers Ferry cemetery. Note the head stones in the foreground and the smoke stack of the burned out United States Armory below. The photograph was taken during the Civil War.
