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