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Photographer: Civil War Photographs, Library of Congress
Caption: Chain Bridge During the Civil War
Additional Description: Seen here are the wooden planking and guardhouses mentioned in stories about the bridge from the Civil War period. It is said the planking on the bridge was removed each night to prevent Confederate raiders from entering Washington and perhaps kidnapping President Lincoln himself. (Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1977. No. 0750)
Submitted: November 5, 2007, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p9549
File Size: 0.061 Megabytes

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