Atlanta Georgia. Confederate fort in front of Atlanta – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Atlanta Georgia. Confederate fort in front of Atlanta, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Atlanta Georgia. Confederate fort in front of Atlanta
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The fortifications ringing Atlanta were dug in 1864, when Confederate forces under John Bell Hood and Joseph Johnston prepared to hold the city against William T. Sherman's advancing Union army. This glass negative, made with the wet collodion process, records one of those earthworks in the summer of that year. The caption on its sleeve names it simply as a Confederate fort, and the Library of Congress notes that the photographer is attributed in Civil War caption books, with Alexander Gardner formerly credited as its maker. Union troops captured Atlanta in September 1864.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate Fort - Fort 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 | 4,812 × 5,120 px · prints to 16 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47062 |
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