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[Blockhouse at Railroad Junction neat Chattanooga, et al.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07000.34 Author/Creator: Place Written: Chattanooga, Tennessee Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1877 Pagination: 1 albumen Height: 27.6 cm, Width: 35.6 cm Order a Copy

Block House of railroad junction near Chattanooga; Block House on railroad at Charleston, Tenn.; Block House on Tennessee and Ala. railroad destroyed by Gen. Forrest; Fortified bridge over Cumberland R. on Louisville and Nashville railroad.

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