RARE! CIVIL WAR PRE-BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BURNSIDE BRIDGE c1861 CABINET PHOTO c1875

  

CIVIL WAR PRE-BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BURNSIDE BRIDGE c1861 CABINET PHOTO c1875. PRE-CIVIL WAR BATTLE OF ANTIETAM BURNSIDE BRIDGE c1861 CABINET PHOTO c1875. [3 13/16" x 4 13/16" GLASS PLATE IMAGE OF THE PRE-CIVIL WAR ROHRBACH BRIDGE (BURNSIDE BRIDGE) TAKEN BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM c1861 AND CONTACT (PHOTO) PRINTED FROM THE GLASS NEGATIVE AS A CABINET CARD PHOTO c1875]. Burnside's Bridge - Crossing over Antietam Creek, the bridge played a key role in the September 1862 Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War when around 500 Confederate soldiers from Georgia under General Robert Toombs and Henry Benning, for several hours held off repeated attempts by elements of the Union Army's IX Army Corps, whose leader was Major General Ambrose E.

Burnside, to take the bridge. PERIOD HAND ID'd ON THE REVERSE. DIMENSIONS: 4 1/4" x 6 1/2". VERY SHARP FOCUS AND VERY FINE CONTRAST.

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