Sachs Bridge Study of Civil War teetering on the brink of

teetering on the brink of losing the second most important field army in the Confederacy

How did Lincoln survive this grueling odyssey

after many of his cavalrymen had been reduced to hand-to-hand infantry-style fighting

A military decoration of the United States Army

Sachs Bridge Study of Civil War teetering on the brink ofBuilt in 1854 Sachs Bridge is a 100 covered Town Truss Bridge that spans the width of Marsh Creek just to the southwest of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The bridge engineer, Ithiel Towns of Connecticut, created its lattice type criss cross wooden beam design for additional strength; thus the Town Truss architectural style. During and after the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 3, 1863, Sachs Bridge was used by both the Army of the Potomac (Union) and the Army