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Destruction of Hood's Ordinance (Ordnance) Train

Date: 1864
Description: General Hood ordered a train full of gunpowder set on fire so that the Union Army couldn't use it, resulting in a series of explosions
Plate 44
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Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA No. 5

Date: 1864
Description: Confederate defenses surrounding the city. A tripod style configuration of rifles with a bag and canteen hanging from it is in the foreground.
Plate 43<...
Photograph

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA No. 4

Date: 1864
Description: One of the Confederate defenses surrounding the city. This view is of the inside of the earthworks which includes two cannons. A Union soldier sits as a lo...
Photograph

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA No. 3

Date: 1864
Description: One of the Confederate defenses around the city, with a cannon and earthworks in the foreground. Tents are in the background among trees.
Plate 41
Photograph

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA No. 2

Date: 1864
Description: One of the Confederate defenses around the city, with several cannons behind earthworks. A Union soldier stands near one of the cannons.
Plate 40
Photograph

Rebel Works in Front of Atlanta, GA No. 1

Date: 1864
Description: View looking out from one of the Confederate defenses around the outside of the city. Wooden palisades surround the earthworks. Houses and other buildings ...
Photograph

The Potter House Atlanta

Date: 1864
Description: View of heavily damaged house and felled trees after General Sherman's army passed through.
Plate 38
Photograph

Pass in the Raccoon Range Whiteside No. 2

Date: 1864
Description: View down hillside of Union soldiers standing in front of a group of tents. There is a valley and mountains in the distance.
Plate 07
Photograph

Pass in the Raccoon Range Whiteside No. 1

Date: 1864
Description: Union soldiers stand by their tents in front of a trestle bridge on the railroad line that spans a valley. A mountain is in the background.
Plate 06
Photograph

Whiteside Valley Below the Bridge

Date: 1864
Description: View down to valley of Union soldiers posing on the roof of a log building. A log bridge crosses a stream, and many trees are on the hillsides.
Plate 05...
Photograph

Trestle Bridge at Whiteside

Date: 1864
Description: View from shoreline of tall trestle bridge on the railroad line crossing the river at Whiteside. Two men sit on logs in the river on the left. More men sit...
Photograph

Nashville from the Capitol

Date: 1864
Description: View down capitol building steps, where cannons sit on a landing, and statues decorate two lampposts. The city spreads out far below.
Plate 03
Photograph

The Capitol Nashville (Tenn.)

Date: 1864
Description: The capitol building is on a hill overlooking the city. Union soldiers have pitched tents on the grounds.
Plate 02
Photograph

Libby Prison - Anaglyph

Date: 1864
Description: Stereograph of the main building, a tenement (loft style) building, at Libby Prison.
Map or Atlas

Battlefields in front of Nashville where the United States forces ... defeated and routed the rebel army ... December 15th & 16th 1864; surveyed and drawn ... by M. Peseux

Date: 1864
Description: (U.S. 39th Cong. 1stt Sess. Report of Chief engineer) The legend in the upper left corner contains a brief resume of each day's action while the map sho...
Map or Atlas

Map of the country in the vicinity of Todd’s Tavern with the position of the 2nd Army of the Potomac, May 8th, 1864

Date: 1864
Description: This map depicts the battlefield at Todd's Tavern, Va., the site of a battle on May 7-8, 1864. Depicted are roads, houses, drainage, vegetation and troop p...
Map or Atlas

Gettysburg and Vicinity : Constructed and Engraved to Illustrate "The War with the South" : A Topographical Map of the Battles of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 1863

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the Battle of Gettysburg indicates Union positions in red and Confederate positions in blue. Also shown are artillery positions, roads, railroa...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing Route of Marches of the Army of Gen. W.T. Sherman from Atlanta, Ga. to Goldsboro, N.C.

Date: 1864
Description: This map shows the routes of the cavalry and of the 14th, 15th, 17th, and 20th Army Corps Atlanta, Ga., to Goldsboro, N.C., during February and March, 1865...
Map or Atlas

Map Illustrating the Siege of Atlanta, Ga. By U.S. Forces

Date: 1864
Description: This map of the Atlanta area shows entrenchments, relief by hachures, vegetation, drainage, roads, railroads, towns, and the names of a few residents in th...
Map or Atlas

Map Showing the Operations of the National Forces Under the Command of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman During the Campaign Resulting in the Capture of Atlanta. Georgia

Date: 1864
Description: This map of northwestern Georgia shows dates and troop positions between Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Jonesboro, Georgia, May-September, 1864. Wisconsin uni...

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