- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of the funeral procession for General James Longstreet, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, 1904 Jan. 6]
- Date of Original:
- 1904
- Subject:
- Funeral service--Georgia--Gainesville
Wagons--Georgia--Gainesville
Soldiers--Confederate States of America
Armed Forces--Georgia--Gainesville
Special events--Georgia--Gainesville
Horses--Georgia--Gainesville
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Georgia--Gainesville
Longstreet, James, 1821-1904--Death and burial - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Hall County, Gainesville, 34.29788, -83.82407
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gainesville, Jan. 6, 1904. Thought to be the funeral procession for Gen. James Longstreet who died Jan. 2. The procession included the Queen City Band, Candler Horse Guards, Governor's Horse Guards, Confederate veterans, family and friends. The burial was in Alta Vista Cemetery. Longstreet was born in 1821; graduated from West Point in 1842; served in the Mexican War; resigned his commission to serve in the army of the Confederacy; held several federal appointments after the Civil War.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_hal285
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:hal285
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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