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Allatoona from the Etawah

Date: 1866
Description: View towards the Allatoona Pass from behind earthworks overlooking the Etawah River. A railroad bridge crosses the river on the right.
Plate 24
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View of Kenesaw Mountain, GA

Date: 1866
Description: A fence or battlement, with battered trees overlooking a valley. Kenesaw Mountain is in the distance.
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Scene of Gen. McPherson's Death

Date: 1866
Description: A clearing in some trees with an animal skull where Union General McPherson died.
Plate 35
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Mission Ridge Scene of Sherman's Attack

Date: 1866
Description: Location of Sherman's attack at Chattanooga. There is a road, trees and shrubs in the foreground, overlooking a valley. Mountains are in the distance.
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Ringold, GA

Date: 1866
Description: View of Ringgold in the far distance. A tree and pile of rubble, perhaps the remains of a fireplace, in the foreground.
Plate 17
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Defences of the Etawah Bridge

Date: 1866
Description: View along earthworks overlooking the Etawah River and a railroad bridge. A tree stripped of branches and bark is on the left.
Plate 23
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Ruins of the Pinckney Mansion

Date: 1865
Description: Ruins of the Pinckney Mansion with rubble in the street after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
Plate 59
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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
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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 ...
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Savanah River, near Savanah, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Trees with Spanish moss along the Savannah River.
Plate 47
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Ruins in Columbia, S.C.

Date: 1866
Description: The ruins of a church in Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
Plate 54
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Columbia from the Capitol

Date: 1866
Description: Destruction of Columbia after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
Plate 53
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The "Hell Hole" New Hope Church, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Aftermath of the battle at New Hope, a hillside covered with broken and barren trees.
Plate 27
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Battle Field of New Hope Church, GA No.2

Date: 1866
Description: An earth mound with some burlap sacks covering it. Many barren trees surround the scene.
Plate 26
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Orchard Knob from Mission Ridge

Date: 1866
Description: View from Mission Ridge of the valley floor where fighting took place.
Plate 10
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Mission Ridge from Orchard Knob

Date: 1866
Description: A rocky ridge with bushes and scrub atop Mission Ridge is in the foreground. Orchard Knob is in the distance. The valley where the fighting took place is i...
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The Allatoona Pass Looking North, GA

Date: 1866
Description: View from railroad tracks through the Allatoona Pass. One of the buildings on the left says "Grocery," and piles of lumber are stacked along the sides of t...
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The John Ross House, Ringold, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Farmhouse with a large chimney and front porch. A group of people are sitting on the porch. The house was used as a hospital several times during the battl...
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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
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Buen-Ventura Savanah, GA

Date: 1866
Description: Trees with Spanish moss line a path in the Bonaventure Cemetery.
Plate 48

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