[Photograph of a close-up of the outside of one of the structures on Bellevue Plantation, Burke County, Georgia, 1949]
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| Type: | Photographs |
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| Creator: | "Camera-Graphs", Maurice Getchett (Augusta, Ga.) |
| Title: | [Photograph of a close-up of the outside of one of the structures on Bellevue Plantation, Burke County, Georgia, 1949] |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Description: | Burke County, 1949. Close-up of the outside of one of the structures on Bellevue Plantation. Bellevue, located south of Waynesboro and just west of U.S. Highway 25 has been owned by members of the Carswell family since 1835. The damage seen above the door took place during the Civil War. During the Civil War a rear guard action occurred here between the Union and Confederate cavalry. Several holes made by bullets remain today although the home was not burned. |
| Subjects: | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | Plantations--Georgia--Burke County | Architecture--Georgia--Burke County | Armed Forces--Georgia--Burke County | Burke County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History | Digital Library of Georgia |
| Online Publisher: | [Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia], 2004 |
| Rights and Usage: | Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260. Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/id:bur108 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Georgia. Dept. of Archives and History |
| Collection Information: | Vanishing Georgia |