Atlanta October, Georgia, 1864 – Vintage Photo 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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Library of Congress record: View of Atlanta, Ga., October 1864, from the Female Academy
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Atlanta October, Georgia, 1864
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Atlanta in October 1864 was a city under Union occupation, about six weeks after Sherman's troops entered on September 2. Before the war it had grown from a railroad stop called Marthasville into a rail junction where the Western and Atlantic line met several other tracks, and its population had reached roughly 10,000 by 1860. Its rail shops, warehouses and workshops had supplied the Confederate army, which made the town a strategic prize. Sherman ordered residents out in early September, so the streets pictured were largely emptied of the families who once ran its shops and churches. Within weeks much of the city would be burned before Sherman marched toward the sea.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Creator | barnard, george n. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Georgia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,904 px · prints to 18 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | View of Atlanta, Ga., October 1864, from the Female Academy |
| Reference | GA Atlanta October 1864 |
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