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Chattanooga, Tenn., Confederate States of America.

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Stereograph showing Confederate prisoners at the depot in Chattanooga, Tennessee waiting for a train to take them north. Lookout Mountain is in the distance.

No. 6653.

Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865.

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Original negative is: LC-B811-2653.

During the Civil War, photographers produced thousands of stereoviews. Stereographs were popular during American Civil War. A single glass plate negative capture both images using a Stereo camera. Prints from these negatives were intended to be looked at with a special viewer called a stereoscope, which created a three-dimensional ("3-D") image. This collection includes glass stereograph negatives, as well as stereograph card prints.

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chattanooga battle of chattanooga tenn railroad stations tennessee chattanooga prisoners of war confederate history civil war prisoners transportation albumen prints stereographs chattanooga tenn 1863 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war confederate states of america lot 4177 stereograph cards photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress tennessee history
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01/01/1863
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Civil War in Stereo

American Civil War Stereoscopic Views, 1861-1865
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Chattanooga (Tenn.) ,  35.04556, -85.30972
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Library of Congress
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chattanooga battle of chattanooga tenn railroad stations tennessee chattanooga prisoners of war confederate history civil war prisoners transportation albumen prints stereographs chattanooga tenn 1863 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war confederate states of america lot 4177 stereograph cards photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress tennessee history