Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley, Tennessee – 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 historic image of Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley, Tennessee brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: [Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley looking northeast]
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Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley, Tennessee
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Nashville, Tennessee, in 1864 was a city under Union occupation, having fallen to federal forces in February 1862 and remaining in their hands for the rest of the war. The photograph was taken from Fort Negley, a large earthwork and stone fortification built on a hill south of the city by enslaved and freed Black laborers, and it looks out over the capital's rooftops and the Cumberland River. George N. Barnard, a photographer attached to Union military work, made views like this one to document the defenses and the occupied town. Before the war Nashville had been a major river port, a center of publishing and the cotton trade, and home to several colleges, and its population had swollen with refugees, soldiers and freedpeople by 1864.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Creator | barnard, george n. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Tennessee |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,663 px · prints to 18 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley looking northeast] |
| Reference | TN Nashville, Tenn., from Fort Negley |
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