Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
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
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
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.