Chattanooga Tenn. vicinity. Blockhouse on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad – Vintage Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Chattanooga Tenn. vicinity. Blockhouse on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Chattanooga Tenn. vicinity. Blockhouse on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad
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Few subjects in the Civil War photographs show the war's supply lines as plainly as this blockhouse beside the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. Its stereograph pair was made in 1864, after the Union victory at Chattanooga in late 1863 had left the city a vital base and the rail line leading out of it a constant target. Blockhouses like this one were small fortified posts, built along tracks to guard bridges and cuttings against raiders and partisan attacks. The photographs were issued by the War Photograph and Exhibition Company as stereo views, which were viewed through a stereoscope to give a sense of depth.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Civil War photographs 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge Washington D.C. : Library of Congress 1977. No. 0684 Title from Milhollen and Mugridge. Forms part of Selected Civil War photographs 1861-1865 (Library of Congress) · War Photograph and Exhibition Company publisher. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Military facilities. United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Transportation. Chattanooga Battle of Chattanooga Tenn. 1863. Blockhouses. Railroads.United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 1,392 × 1,368 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-46251 |
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