Barnard, George N., 1819-1902 South bank of the Chattahoochie, Ga. Photo from nature by G.N. Barnard
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0461 Author/Creator: Barnard, George N., 1819-1902 Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen : b&w ; 41.1 x 51.3 cm. Order a Copy
Page removed from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign." Entrenchments in the right foreground. Bridge crossing river. Landscape in the distance. The sky has been double-printed. Confederate Brigadier General Francis A. Shoup supervised construction of fortifications along the north bank of the Chattahoochee River during the summer of 1864, in the lead up to the July 5, 1864 skirmish at Pace's Ferry. The Confederates were forced to retreat across the river to the southern bank. They were pursued by Union soldiers who crossed the river on July 9, 1864.
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