Crossing the Rappahannock

Battle of Chancellorsville

Crossing the Rappahannock ©Edwin Forbes

1863 Apr 29 22:30

Crossing the Rappahannock

Kelly's Ford, VA, USA

Buschbeck’s Brigade of Howard’s Eleventh Corps crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly’s Ford at 6 in the evening. A pontoon bridge was laid by 10:30 pm and the rest of the Eleventh Corps began crossing. They were followed by Slocum’s Twelfth Corps and Meade’s Fifth Corps.^[1]

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