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Sherman's department - engagement at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia / from a sketch by Theodore R. Davis. – Historic Reproduction

Sherman's department - engagement at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia / from a sketch by Theodore R. Davis., 1864 — antique engraving
Sherman's department - engagement at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia / from a sketch by Theodore R. Davis., 1864. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Sherman's department - engagement at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia / from a sketch by Theodore R. Davis.

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Snake Creek Gap, a narrow pass in northwest Georgia, was the setting for this wood engraving, which shows a moment from Sherman's department during the spring 1864 push toward Atlanta. In early May 1864, Union forces moved through the gap to threaten the Confederate rear near Resaca, a maneuver meant to force Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army to fall back. The image was drawn by Theodore R. Davis, an artist who sketched from the field for *Harper's Weekly*, and it appeared in the journal on June 4, 1864. Such field sketches, engraved on wood for mass-circulation weeklies, were how many Northern readers saw the war's campaigns.

Created / published1864
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
GenrePeriodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870.
NotesTitle from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 8, no. 388 (1864 June 4), p. 364.
SubjectsCampaigns & battles--Georgia--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan917 × 747 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-210785

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