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Barnard, George N., 1819-1902 Gen. W.F. Barry [&] Gen. W.T. Sherman Before Atlanta

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07067 Author/Creator: Barnard, George N., 1819-1902 Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 albumen Height: 34 cm, Width: 43.5 cm Order a Copy

Image of Generals William Farquhar Barry and William Tecumseh Sherman and their staff gathered around an artillery piece at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia. The background is blurred and composed of rolling, empty fields. According to the Library of Congress the men pictured are, from left: Major L.M. Dayton, Lt. Colonel E.D. Kittoe, Colonel A. Beckwith, Colonel Orlando M. Poe, General Barry, Colonel W. Warner, Colonel T.G. Baylor, General Sherman, Captain, G.W. Nichols, an unidentified major, Colonel C. Ewing, and Captain J.E. Marshall. A note on the mount reads "M.O.L.L. Mass from Brig. General John G. Butler, USA Ret."

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Barry, William Farquhar, 1818-1879
Ewing, Charles, 1835-1883
Poe, Orlando Metcalf, 1832-1895

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