pontoon-train

In 1846, General Taylor reported, that, after the victories of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, a pontoon-train would have enabled him to cross the Rio Grande "on the evening of the battle," take Matamoras "with all the artillery and stores of the enemy and a great number of prisoners, -- in short, to destroy entirely the Mexican army."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 Various

The singular blunder by which General Thomas's pontoon-train was sent toward

Forty-Six Years in the Army John M. Schofield

The chief engineer, Major Duane, will furnish you a canvas pontoon-train of eight boats.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

It so happened that General Davis's route into Savannah followed what was known as the "River-road," and he had to make constant use of his pontoon-train -- the head of his column reaching some deep, impassable creek before the rear was fairly over another.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

Aldershot, England, a very complete pontoon-train; the boats were sheathed with wood and felt, made very light; but I think these were more liable to chafing and damage in rough handling than were our less expensive and rougher boats.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

Captain O.M. Poe, chief-engineer, will assign to each wing of the army a pontoon-train, fully equipped and organized; and the commanders thereof will see to their being properly protected at all times.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

For the passage of rivers, each army corps had a pontoon-train with

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

Ocmulgee at Planters 'Factory, which they crossed, by the aid of the pontoon-train, during the 18th and 19th of November.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

Generally the single pontoon-train could provide for nine hundred feet of bridge, which sufficed; but when the rivers were very wide two such trains would be brought together, or the single train was supplemented by a trestle-bridge, or bridges made on crib-work, out of timber found near the place.

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger

By uniting two such sections together, we could make a bridge of eighteen hundred feet, enough for any river we had to traverse; but habitually the leading brigade would, out of the abundant timber, improvise a bridge before the pontoon-train could come up, unless in the cases of rivers of considerable magnitude, such as the Ocmulgee, Oconee,

Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger