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(8-2007) The new James Rumsey Bridge. View from the Maryland side of the Potomac River |
(8-2007) Blackford's Ford from
the Maryland side of the river |
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(8-2007) Closer view of Blackford's Ford from
the Maryland side of the river. The piers supported a bridge destroyed in
1861 |
(8-2007) View of crossing area
from James Rumsey monument in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The New Rumsey
Bridge and remains of bridge destroyed in 1861 are also in the picture |
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The 118th Pennsylvania enters the Potomac from Maryland. Harpers Weekly, October 11, 1862 |
(8-2007) From the James E. Taylor Sketchbook, 1864, looking from Shepherdstown southeast toward the ford |
