# The Bridge at Chesterfield, North Anna, Virginia

- By: Timothy H. O'Sullivan
- By: Alexander Gardner (Glasgow, 1821–1882)
- Date: 1864-05
- Medium: paper
- Classification: photograph
- Dimensions: height 195 mm x width 249 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-F00636--53cc0072ca64428b58059cd77bea6d4e)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/UAMiT/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Photography played a role in several respects during the American Civil War (1861-1865). The portraits of southerners, northerners, generals and President Lincoln sold quickly and in large quantities. In 1866 Gardner made the Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, a remarkable chronicle in which he reported on the conflict. He also included this photograph taken by his assistant O’Sullivan.