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Stereocard view of Johnsonville, TN before evacuation when threatened by Forrest

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04976 Author/Creator: Place Written: Hartford, CT Type: Photograph Date: circa December 1880 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 10.1 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

Published by Taylor & Huntington, Hatford, Conn. As per printed notice on verso, this image was taken the day before it was evacuated by Federal troops. The First Tennessee colored battery is visible in the mid-ground.

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