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Burning of the Wrightsville-Columbia Bridge on the Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Scanned by: 

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date: 

06/04/2013

Notes: 

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 6, 2013

Depicted content: 

• Union defenders retreat across the Susquehanna burning the Wrightsville Bridge behind them

Image type: 

engraving

Original caption: 

Invasion of the North- Destruction of the bridge over the Susquehanna, at Columbia, Pa. - Sketched by a correspondent.

Source citation: 

Harper's Weekly Magazine, July 18, 1863, p. 453.