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Photographer: Harper's Weekly
Taken: 1861
Caption: Our Army at Edward's Ferry,
on the Potomac, opposite Leesburg

Additional Description: During the Civil War, Edwards Ferry connected Union Maryland with Confederate Virginia. Harper’s Weekly depicted Union troops passing through Edwards Ferry in October 1861. Many troops and supplies from both sides crossed the river here throughout the war.
Illustration from Harper's Weekly, November 9, 1861, page 710

Submitted: October 29, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p290426
File Size: 0.407 Megabytes

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