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Federal fort no. 12, new lines. Built after the occupation of the city, looking east, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864

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Photograph shows reconstruction of fortification lines in progress by Union forces.

Forms part of: Visual materials from the papers of O.M. Poe.

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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forts and fortifications union georgia atlanta atlanta campaign history civil war engineering and construction albumen prints stereographs atlanta ga federal fort federal fort lines occupation city nov 1864 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war history of atlanta georgia lot 13464 stereograph cards george n barnard photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress
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Date

01/01/1864
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Contributors

Barnard, George N., 1819-1902, photographer
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Civil War in Stereo

American Civil War Stereoscopic Views, 1861-1865
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Location

Atlanta (Ga.) ,  33.74889, -84.38806
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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forts and fortifications union georgia atlanta atlanta campaign history civil war engineering and construction albumen prints stereographs atlanta ga federal fort federal fort lines occupation city nov 1864 stereoscopic views 19th century american civil war history of atlanta georgia lot 13464 stereograph cards george n barnard photo ultra high resolution high resolution united states history library of congress