The view of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia from Maryland Heights.
Loudoun Heights rises above the Shenandoah River to the left.
You can still see the remains of the destroyed railroad bridge
just to the side of the existing tracks over the Potomac River.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The view of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia in 1865 looking towards the confluence of the Potomac (left) and Shenandoah Rivers (right).
Maryland Heights is on the other side of the river on the left with Loudoun Heights on the right.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Ruins of the bridge crossing the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry to the base of Maryland Heights (foreground).
Photograph taken between 1860 and 1865, Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia