The Long Bridge 2018 | The Long Bridge in 1864 |
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On May 25, 1864, the 325 members of the 20th
Michigan began their service in the Overland Campaign by
marching through Washington, D.C. President Lincoln reviewed them from the balcony of the Willard Hotel. They crossed the Potomac River on the Long Bridge into Alexandria Virginia. Photo by Cheryl A. Robinson, Anson Croman's 2nd great-granddaughter |
Photo by
Andrew J. Russell Public Domain from the Library of Congress |
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(ORANGE
ARROW) Long Bridge on 1864 Mitchell Map of Washington D.C (Public Domain) |
Blackburn's Ford 2018 On April 28, 1864, the 20th crossed Bull Run
Creek at Blackburn's
Ford.
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Civil War Era Photos of Blackburn's Ford |
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Cheryl Robinson at Blackburn's Ford where Anson Croman her 2nd great-grandfather crossed
Bull Run Creek on April 28, 1864. Photo by Leonard H. Cizewski, Anson Croman's 2nd great-grandson-in-law. |
Union engineers built a pontoon bridge over
Blackburn's Ford. |
Links to Google Maps 38°48'11.6"N 77°26'58.5"W 38.803209, -77.449593 |
Watch for the Virginia Civil War Trails sign
(RIGHT) for the turn for Blackburn's Ford.![]() |
Rappahannock
Station Rappahannock
River Crossing in 2018
On May 4, 1864, the 20th crossed the Rappahannock River at Rappahannock Station. |
Union Rebuilt Orange and Alexandria Railroad Bridge Across the Rappahannock River at Rappahannock Station, August 1863 |
![]() Photo by Cheryl A. Robinson, Anson Croman's 2nd great-granddaughter |
![]() This is probably the type of bridge the 20th used to cross the Rappahannock River in May, 1864. Sketch by Artist Edwin Forbes (Public Domain) |
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![]() Camp of the 50th NY Engineers,Rappahannock Station, March, 1864, three months before the 20th crossed. On the right are pontoon boats which the 50th used to bridge other rivers during the Overland Campaign including Germana Ford on the Rapidan River which the 20th crossed on May 5, 1864. |
Overland Campaign Map with Blackburn's Ford (Orange ARROW
at top) and Rappahannock River crossing (ORANGE CIRCLE above center). Click for larger format ![]() Public Domain map from West Point Department of History |
INDEX: 20th Michigan Sites Today | ||
INDEX: Cizewski, Lovetere,
Musbach, & Robinson Families History |
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Marshall Begel assisted in the construction of
this page.
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