Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Platte River Bridge Civil War Disaster Drawing, David Mead, Artist
Entry/Object ID
AM1991.1.17
Scope and Content
Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad Platte River Bridge Civil War Disaster Drawing, David Mead, Artist. Pen & Ink drawing depicting the Civil War disaster that plunged an unsuspecting late night passenger train coming from Hannibal, MO to St. Joseph into the Platte River, just east of St. Joseph. Confederate sympathizers had destroyed the bridge thinking that Union soldiers were being transported on that run.
Mead depicts the engine, coal car and two passenger cars as they crash into the river. This picture was used in the Civil War in Missouri exhibit of St. Joseph Museum. It was signed ant dated by the artist September 6, 1985.
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H. & St. Joe R. R., Platte Bridge Civil War Disaster, Civil War in St. Joseph, Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad, St. Joseph History, Civil War in Missouri, Platte River Bridge Civil War Disaster, Platte River