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The photograph in this file shows Chain Bridge during the Civil War, not Long Bridge. Chain Bridge is upstream of the former site of Long Bridge on the Potomac River.

The 1865 photograph by William Morris Smith in the collection of the Library of Congress ( http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cwpb.04113/ ) is identical to the photograph in this file. The Library of Congress photo is labeled: "Washington, D.C. View across Chain Bridge over the Potomac".

Another 1865 photograph by William Morris Smith (http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000926/PP/ ) shows the same bridge from a different perspective. That photo is labeled "Washington, D.C. Chain Bridge over the Potomac; Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in foreground"

A photograph taken between 1861 and 1865 ( http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2013651886/ ) in the Library of Congress collection that is identified as "Chain bridge, Washington, D.C." also shows the same bridge.

Civil War era photographs of Long Bridge in Washington, D.C., show different bridges. See: (1) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004677105/ ; (2)  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004680102/ ;  (3) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.33396/ ; (4)  http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.33471/ ; (5)  http://www.amazon.com/Photo-Civil-Long-Bridge-Washington/dp/B007RQ7YB8 ;  (6) http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-Washington-Architecture-Historic-Structure/dp/B008093Z9Q

At the beginning of the Civil War, there was one Long Bridge. During the War, a second bridge was constructed nearby. The first bridge was reconstructed during the War. Therefore, the photos do not always show the same bridge(s). However, none of the Long Bridge photos show a bridge that resembles the bridge in this file. Corker1 (talk) 00:27, 8 November 2014 (UTC)