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General Sherman and staff at Federal Fort No. 7, Atlanta, Ga. [1/2 stereocard] [1864 ca.]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0613 Author/Creator: Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Photograph Date: 1864 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph 9.5 x 8.3 cm Order a Copy

The image is half of a stereocard. Caption below: "3626. General Sherman and staff." Above: "at Atlanta." The officers form a half circle around a heavy artillery cannon [Parot rifle]. Sherman leans on the breach of the gun. Two men stand in front of the cannon, facing each other. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's (keeper of Lincoln's tomb) scrapbook.

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