Atlanta in ruins
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| Type: | Black-and-white photographs | Drawings (visual works) |
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| Title: | Atlanta in ruins |
| Date: | 1865 |
| Description: | Image of an illustration depicting Atlanta, Georgia after the evacuation of Confederate troops in late 1864. Two small groups of men on horseback appear to the right of a large pile of rubble in the middle of the image. A partially destroyed wall stands in front of the rubble. This illustration originally appeared in Harper's New Monthly, October 1865. |
| Subjects: | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 | Buildings--War damage--Georgia--Atlanta | War damage, Industrial--Georgia--Atlanta | Men--Georgia--Atlanta | Horses--Georgia--Atlanta | Sherman's March to the Sea | Atlanta (Ga.) | Fulton County (Ga.) |
| Contributors: | New Georgia Encyclopedia | Georgia Historical Society |
| Original Material: | Harper's New Monthly, vol. 1(5), October 1865. Georgia Historical Society Library and Archives, Savannah, Ga. |
| Rights and Usage: | Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society |
| Related Materials: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-824 | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2713 | Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-1679 |
| Related Institutions: | New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project) |
| Collection Information: | New Georgia Encyclopedia |