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Photographer: Craig Swain
Taken: August 15, 2009
Caption: Remains of Dam #2
Additional Description: An old dam across the Potomac provided water for both a lift lock and an inlet lock. The shallow water downstream from this dam was often used as ford by travelers and, during the Civil War, by military forces. When Stuart's cavalry crossed, recent rains made the ford difficult. Artillery limbers were emptied, and troopers hand carried ammunition across the river. But with the night crossing effected, the Confederate Cavalry was behind the Federal Army.
Submitted: August 30, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p75568
File Size: 1.222 Megabytes

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