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(8-2007) The new James Rumsey Bridge. View from the Maryland side of the Potomac River

(8-2007) Enlarge Blackford's Ford from the Maryland side of the river

(8-2007) Enlarge Closer view of Blackford's Ford from the Maryland side of the river. The piers supported a bridge destroyed in 1861

(8-2007) Enlarge 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

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