Destruction of the Harpers Ferry Highway - Railroad Bridge, Jefferson County, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861/06/14
Description:
Blowing up the highway-railroad bridge at Harpers Ferry in the early morning of June 14, 1861 when Confederate Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston and his Army evacuated the town. The bridge was completely destroyed - a fate it was to suffer by fire and flood nine times during the civil war. From a sketch in Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'West Virginia in the Civil War.'
Burning of the U. S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry
Date:
1861/04/18
Description:
Burning of the U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry on the night of April 18, 1861. From a sketch in Leslies Weekly. See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 6610 and Boyd Stutler's 'WV in the Civil War.'
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.
Looking east along the Potomac River on the Virginia (West Virginia) side. The ruins of the Armory can be seen on the left and telegraph poles line the damaged tracks. Two men, one leaning on a telegraph pole and another next to the house are not identified. The photograph was taken several weeks after the September,1862 battle when Stonewall Jackson's artillery shelled the town, forcing the Union troops to surrender.
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.
View of Jefferson Rock and Pontoon Bridge Over Shenandoah River, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1863
Description:
An unidentified man sits on Jefferson Rock above the Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry. A pontoon bridge has been laid across the river to temporarily replace the destroyed bridge. The bridge's piers can be seen rising out of the river.
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Union Army, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
Two unidentified Union soldiers in uniform, full pack and armed on Camp Hill above Harpers Ferry during the Federal forces occupation of the area early in the Civil War. Note the huge bayonets attached to their rifles.
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Two unidentified soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Union Army, in full uniform and armed, standing in front of a caisson. Note the caisson carries a spare wheel.
Adjutant, First Sergeants and Drummer Boy of 22nd New York State Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
A group portrait of an adjutant of the regiment, front and center, with a young drummer boy on his left and flanked by several first sergeants during the Civil War. None of the subjects are identified.
