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647 Series I Volume XLVI-I Serial 95 - Appomattox Campaign Part I

Page 647 Chapter LVIII. THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN.

The following tabular statement shows the number, length, and location of the several pontoon bridges built by myself, and by officers and men under my orders, from the 28th of September, 1862, to the arrival of the Army of the Potomac near Washington, in May, 1865:

Date No.of Length Kind Locati River Officer Re-

bridge of on in marks

boat command

of

train

1862 1 Feet. Wooden Harper Poto- Captain

Sept 's mac Spauldi

28 800 Ferry ng

Oct. 2 1,500 do... Berlin do... do...

20

Oct. 3 80 do... do... Chesa- do...

peake

21 and

Ohio

Canal

Nov. 4 280 do... Occoqu Occoqu Major

an an Spauldi

22 ng

Dece 5 440 do... Frede- Rappa- do... Lacy

mber ricks- han- house

11 burg nock

Dece 6 420 do... do... do... Capt- Lower

mber ains crossi

11 Mc- ng

Donnald

and

McGrath

Dece 7 440 do... do... do... Major Lacy

mber Spauldi house

ng

12

1863 8 420 do... U. S. do... do...

Apri Ford

l

20

Apri 9 400 do... do... do... do... Part

l French

20 pon-

toons

and

part

Water-

man

boats

May 10 400 do... Frank- do... do...

6 lin's

Crossi

ng

May 11 400 do... do... do... do...

7

July 12 800 do... Harper Poto- Lieuten

- 's mac ant -

Ferry Colonel

Spauldi

ng

13 1,500 do... Berlin do... do...

14 80 do... do... Chesa- do...

peake

and

Ohio

Canal

15 1,500 do... do... Poto- do...

mac

Oct. 16 180 do... Kelly' Rappa- Major

11 s Ford han- Beers

nock

Oct. 17 180 do... Bever- do... do...

11 ly

Ford

18 18 100 do... Ball's Bull Captain

Ford Run Hine

18 19 100 do... Mitche do... Captain

ll's Mc-

Ford Donald

18 20 120 do... Black- do... Lieuten

burn's ant

Ford Beers

18 21 120 do... McLean do... Captain

's Folwell

Ford

Nov. 22 180 do... Rappa- Rappa- Captain Above

8 han- han- Mc- rail-

nock nock Donald road

Sta- bridge

tion

8 23 100 do... Norman do... Captain Below

's Hine rail-

Ford road

bridge

9 24 180 do... Rappa- do... do... Do.

han-

nock

Sta-

tion

26 25 180 do... Cul- Rapi- do...

peper dan

Ford

Gold

Mine

26 26 170 do... do... do... Captain

Mc-

Donnald

Dece 27 180 do... Rappa- Rappa- do...

mber han- han-

4 nock nock

Sta-

tion

4 28 140 do... Wel- Hazel Captain

ford's Hine

Ford

1864 29 180 Canvas Kelly' Rappa- Captain

Apri s Ford han- Folwell

l 29 nock

May 30 150 do... Ely's Rapi- do...

4 Ford dan

4 31 190 Wooden do... do... Major

Brai-

nerd

4 32 220 do... German do... Captain

na Mc-

Ford Donald

4 33 220 Canvas do... do... Captain

Van

Brock-

lin

4 34 160 Wooden Culpep do... Captain

er Palmer

Ford

7 35 190 do... Ely's do... Captain

Ford Mc-

Donald

10 36 420 do... Frede- Rappa- Major

ricks- han- Brai-

burg nock nerd

[lower

crossi

ng]

10 37 50 Canvas .... Po... Captain

Van

Brock-

lin

10 38 50 do... .... do... do...

18 39 440 Wooden Frede- Rappa- Major

ricks- han- Beers

burg nock

[Lacy

house]

23 40 160 Canvas Jeri- North Captain

cho Anna Van

Mills Brock-

lin


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