Savannah Georgia (vicinity). Army engineers removing a 48-pdr. 8-inch Columbiad fro – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Savannah Georgia (vicinity). Army engineers removing a 48-pdr. 8-inch Columbiad fro, preserved in this historic photograph. 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). Army engineers removing a 48-pdr. 8-inch Columbiad fro
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The fort in this picture is Fort McAllister, the earthwork on the Ogeechee River south of Savannah, where Army engineers are removing an 8-inch Columbiad from its position. Its capture in December 1864 opened the river to Union supply ships and gave Sherman's army at the end of its march to the sea a route to the coast. The glass negative was made by David B. Woodbury, a photographer working in the Savannah area after the city fell, and it records the dismantling of Confederate defenses in the months that followed.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Caption from negative sleeve: Fort McAllister. Photographers name attributed in Civil War caption books. Annotation from negative image side: 3497. Miller vol. 3 p. 235. 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 | 4,355 × 5,120 px · prints to 15 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51029 |
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