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the Cumberland River in May 1862;
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that's before the Battle of the Seven Days,
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that's during the march by McClellan's army up the peninsula.
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I don't how well you can see that
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but that's an absolutely stunning photograph
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of a Union wagon train on one of these makeshift bridges.
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They would build these things
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in a few hours, over all these rivers,
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which in May of 1862 were flooding constantly.
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It's Union troops crossing the Chickahominy River,
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just east of Richmond, May 1862.
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Now, what happened next of course