General Sherman's Men Destroying the Railroad, Before the Evacuation of Atlanta, Georgia

Artist George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)

Date1864

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 × 5 11/16 inches (7.62 × 14.45 cm)
Mount: 3 5/16 × 7 inches (8.41 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.232

SignedOn mount verso, bottom, green label, in black type: "PUBLISHED BY E. & H.T. ANTHONY & COO., / AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STEREOSCOPIC EMPORIUM, 501 BROADWAY, NEW YORK".

InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY"; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "THE WAR FOR THE UNION."; On mount verso, center, green label, in black type: "WAR VIEWS. / General Serman's men destroying the Railroad, before the evacuation of Atlanta, Ga. / No.3630".

MarkingsOn mount verso, right, green label, in black pen: "253".

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DescriptionImage (s) of a group of men standing along a rail line; the men in the foreground are using crowbars to twist a rail. A building is in the upper left corner.

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