- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Visit of John M. Corse to Allatoona
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1980
- Subject:
- Military officers--Union
Veterans--Union
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Railroad employees
Railroad tracks--Georgia--Bartow County
Farmers--Georgia--Bartow County
Clothing & dress--1880-1890
Hats--1880-1890
Western and Atlantic Railroad Company - People:
- Corse, John Murray, 1835-1893
Moore, Thomas
Wilkes, Sam W.
Brown, Joseph M., 1851-1932
Brown, Elijah
McDaniel, Ira O.
Adams, Hugh
Maloy, James - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, 34.23786, -84.8405
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- [further information on reverse of photograph]
View of Union Brevet Major General John Murray Corse's (third from right) visit to Allatoona Pass, the site of a Union victory during the Civil War, near the Western and Atlantic (W & A) Railroad in Bartow County, Georgia, with (left to right) Jim, a porter in the W & A offices; Thomas G. Moore, a farmer; Alton Angier of the W. & A. Railroad; Sam W. Wilkes, the former depot agent and station keeper at Allatoona; Joseph M. Brown, a traffic manager for the W. & A. Railroad; Elijah Brown; Ira McDaniel, Jr., a farmer; General Corse; Hugh Adams, the secretary to Joseph M. Brown; and James Maloy, a passenger agent for the W. & A. Railroad.
John Murray Corse (1835-1893) was a Union officer during the Civil War. In 1861, he joined the 6th Iowa Infantry as it major. He was eventually promoted to a brevet major general after his role in the Union's successful capture of Allatoona Pass in northwest Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3187.001
ahc1703187001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/833
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 10 x 13 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
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