- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Damaged Potter House
- Creator:
- Barnard, George N., 1819-1902
- Publisher:
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-B8171-2717
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- Sherman's March to the Sea
Buildings--War damage--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Blast effects--Georgia--Atlanta
Dwellings--Georgia--Atlanta
Trees--Georgia--Atlanta
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- This photograph shows the shell-damaged Potter House in Atlanta. As the official photographer for the Military Division of the Mississippi, George N. Barnard documented in 1864-65 some of the destruction left in the wake of the Civil War.
This photograph shows the shell-damaged Potter House in Atlanta, Georgia. A large portion of the rear wall on the second story has been destroyed. Several smaller holes appear in the exterior walls of the house. Fallen trees lie in the yard surrounding the house. Branches lie on the roof of an outbuilding behind the house. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/george-n-barnard-in-georgia/m-2886/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/george-n-barnard-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Photograph by George N. Barnard - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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