Chattanooga Tennessee. Confederate prisoners at railroad depot – Antique 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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Chattanooga Tennessee. Confederate prisoners at railroad depot comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Chattanooga Tennessee. Confederate prisoners at railroad depot
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Few pictures show the Civil War's prisoner traffic as plainly as this stereograph of Confederate captives waiting at the railroad depot in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1864. Made as a pair of glass plates, it was meant to be viewed in three dimensions, a format that was very popular at the time. Chattanooga had become a vital Union rail hub after its capture in late 1863, and captured Confederates were sent north from there by train. The photograph was once credited to Alexander Gardner, though the record lists that attribution as uncertain.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Confederate prisoners waiting at Chattanooga to be sent north. 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 | 5,120 × 5,014 px · prints to 17 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-47727 |
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