Atlanta Georgia. Shermans men in Confederate fort east of Atlanta – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Atlanta Georgia. Shermans men in Confederate fort east of Atlanta in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Atlanta Georgia. Shermans men in Confederate fort east of Atlanta
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Union soldiers pose inside a Confederate earthwork east of Atlanta, a scene that shows how quickly the city's defenses changed hands in 1864. Sherman's army occupied Atlanta in early September that year after a long campaign, and the fortifications that had ringed the city became Union positions. The picture was made on a wet collodion glass negative, a process that required the photographer to coat, expose and develop each plate before it dried, which made field work slow and demanding. The record once credited Alexander Gardner, but that attribution has since been revised, so the photographer remains uncertain.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Interior view of confederate Fort East of Atlanta GA. Photographers name attributed in Civil War caption books. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,864 px · prints to 17 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47076 |
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