The bridge that saved the army: Historical New Hampshire/ Walter Holden.
- Title:
- The bridge that saved the army: Historical New Hampshire/ Walter Holden.
- Author:
- Holden, Walter,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980.
- Physical Description:
- p. 391 - 416.
- Source:
- Vol. 35, No. 4 (Winter, 1980) Historical New Hampshire.
- Description:
- A New Hampshire Regiment, the 5th Volunteer Regiment of Infantry, and its commanding officer, Colonel Edward Ephraim Cross, played a key role in the important Civil War battle for Richmond in 1862. Cross directed his men in the construction of a bridge across the Chickahominy River which was crucial for Union troop movements. The fame of the Grapevine Bridge, as it was called, was such that credit for its construction was claimed for four different regiments.
- Language:
- English.
- Subjects:
- Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862.
- Locations:
- Chickahominy River (Va.).
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. - Organizations:
- New Hampshire Volunteers, Fifth Regiment (1861-1865).
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