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The image shows pontoon bridges heading south, near flour mills in Manchester across from Richmond, Virginia, after its fall in the American Civil War in 1865, as visible in these images: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mill_opposite_Richmond,_Va_-_NARA_-_524511.tif" title="File:Mill opposite Richmond, Va - NARA - 524511.tif">File:Mill opposite Richmond, Va - NARA - 524511.tif</a> and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mills_at_Richmond,_Va_-_NARA_-_529665.tif" title="File:Mills at Richmond, Va - NARA - 529665.tif">File:Mills at Richmond, Va - NARA - 529665.tif</a> - the roof ornament is not visible in the unidentified one due to its deteriorated state, but all the other features align).</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Mathew_Brady" class="extiw" title="w:en:Mathew Brady"><span title="American photographer (circa 1823–1896)">Mathew Benjamin Brady</span></a>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" class="extiw" title="en:U.S. National Archives and Records Administration">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration</a>