Savannah Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister – Historic Photo 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Savannah Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Savannah Georgia (vicinity). View of Fort McAllister
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Fort McAllister, an earthwork on the Ogeechee River south of Savannah, is the subject of this view, which survives as two glass negatives that form a stereograph pair when seen through a viewer. The fort guarded the river approach to Savannah and turned back a Union naval attack in 1863 before Union troops captured it in December 1864 at the close of Sherman's march to the sea. The record credits David B. Woodbury, who died in 1866, as the photographer, and the wet collodion process he used required plates to be coated, exposed, and developed quickly on site.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: View of Fort McAllister Savannah GA vicinity. Photographers name attributed in Civil War caption books. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,435 × 5,120 px · prints to 15 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51037 |
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