Knoxville from cupola Univ of ETenn, Tennessee, 1864 – 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 image captures Knoxville from cupola Univ of ETenn, Tennessee, 1864 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Knoxville, Tenn., view from the cupola of University of East Tennessee, March 19th, 1864
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Knoxville from cupola Univ of ETenn, Tennessee, 1864
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Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1864 was a Union-occupied railroad town on the Holston River, shaped by the war that had swept through East Tennessee. Its rail lines linked it to Virginia, Georgia, and the Confederate interior, which made it strategically valuable to both armies. Union forces had taken the city in September 1863 and held it through the siege of November and December 1863, when Confederate troops under James Longstreet failed to dislodge the garrison at Fort Sanders. Residents in the city had divided loyalties, and many who stayed through the occupation lived with shortages, military rule, and the constant presence of soldiers. Viewed from the college hill above town, the scene would have looked like a community still recovering from a siege and still defined by the railroad.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Creator | barnard, george n. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Tennessee |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,698 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Knoxville, Tenn., view from the cupola of University of East Tennessee, March 19th, 1864 |
| Reference | TN 1864 a Knoxville from cupola Univ of ETenn |
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