- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Destroyed Railroad Tracks
- Creator:
- Barnard, George N., 1819-1902
- Publisher:
- Barnard, George N. Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign, ca. 1866. New York: Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1866.
- Date of Original:
- 1864
- Subject:
- Battles--Georgia--Atlanta
Sherman's March to the Sea
War photography--Georgia--Atlanta
Railroad tracks--Georgia--Atlanta
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Upon his evacuation of Atlanta on September 1, 1864, Confederate general John B. Hood destroyed an ammunition train, leaving nothing but the wheels and axles. The train tracks were also destroyed by the retreating Confederates.
Photograph of railroad tracks in Atlanta, Georgia, which were destroyed during the Civil War, taken by George Bernard. Upon his evacuation of Atlanta on September 1, 1864, Confederate general John B. Hood destroyed an ammunition train, leaving nothing but the wheels and axles. The train tracks were also destroyed by the retreating Confederates.
Barnard, the official photographer for the Military Division the Mississippi, took many photographs of battlefield remains in Atlanta. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-campaign/m-8349/
- Rights Holder:
- From Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, by George N. Barnard
Photograph by George N. Barnard - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/atlanta-campaign
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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