Destroyed railroad bridge over Running Water Creek, Tennessee, September 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, September 22, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Original caption
The War in Tennessee - Ruins of the railroad bridge at Running Waters - From a sketch by an engineer on Bragg's staff.
Source citation
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 19, 1863, 408.
Source note
Note: The bridge was a vital transportation link between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Confederate troops destroyed the structure in September 1863.  Union engineers rebuild the crossing the following month. 
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