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View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., looking west over the battle field on the first day of the fight, Dec. 15th, 1864

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File Name	shades_loc_0059
Creator	Barnard, George N. (1819-1902)
Title	View from an elevation in front of the Capitol, Nashville, Tenn., looking west over the battle field on the first day of the fight, Dec. 15th, 1864
Publisher	E.T. Anthony & Company, New York
Date	1864
Genre	Photographs
Material/Technique	Stereograph
Description	This stereographic image shows a hillside view of large houses and smaller outbuildings stretching out towards a misty horizon. The standing water, dead-looking vegetation, and leafless trees suggest that the time of year is late fall or early winter.
Historical note	Barnard was a photographer in the Topographical Branch of the Department of Engineers, Army of the Cumberland, United States Army with offices based at 89 Church Street in Nashville beginning in December 1863. He is known to have photographed federal installations, transportation networks, and battlefields in Tennessee in 1863 and 1864.
Subject	Nashville, Battle of, Nashville, Tenn., 1864; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields--Tennessee--Nashville
Theme	Holding Fast to Beauty
Story	Sarah Polk
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Nashville
Time period	1860-1869
Language	eng
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Library of Congress.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Contributing Institution	Library of Congress
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Archival file	shades12/shades_loc_0059.tif