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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 143 (search)
nt the advance of the Union forces eastward, to Morehead City and Beaufort. On the Sunday following Major Wright, in command of the Fifth Rhode Island, arrived at the bridge, and, after examining its condition, reported to Generals Parke and Burnside, when the latter ordered the immediate reconstruction of the bridge. Major Wright, who is one of the most thorough civil engineers connected with the expedition, and a practical mechanic, was charged with the execution of the order, and Captain M. D. Field, with a party of mechanics, were detailed to cooperate. A number of colored mechanics, picked up in the neighborhood, were also brought into use. The bridge was a truss structure of one hundred and ninety feet span, and cost nearly one hundred thousand dollars. Five weeks would have been allowed to build such a work, with all the materials at hand for the purpose. It required two days to remove the debris of the old wreck. He commenced work on Monday morning. An old secession fort