- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Allatoona Pass
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
- Date of Original:
- 1862
- Subject:
- Business
Economy--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gaining control of the railroads leading into and out of Atlanta was key to Union victory during the Civil War. On June 3, 1864, Union general William T. Sherman overcame the Confederates at Allatoona Pass. The Allatoona train depot appears in the center of this 1864 photograph, taken by George N. Barnard.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/business-economy/railroads/looking-north-allatoona-pass_001-2/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
