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File Name	shades_tsla_0006.jpg
Creator	Stark, E. M.
Title	Federal Troop Barracks, Gallatin, Tennessee
Alternate Title	Gallatin Public Square with Federal Troops
Date	1862
Genre	Drawings
Material/Technique	Pencil on paper
Description	The image depicts troop formations around a courthouse with cupola. There are five artillery pieces in front of the courthouse, positioned around a large, open square with one pointed down a street. Other vignettes in the scene include a man driving a laden carriage out of the square, a group of soldiers standing around buckets on a fire next to a table, and a couple of soldiers on horseback in the foreground.
Historical note	E. M. Stark was a photographer in Gallatin, Tennessee. While he may or may not have been involved in the war effort, his drawing provides a detailed, first-hand view of the activity of federal soldiers in this important northern Middle Tennessee city.
Subject	United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Theme	Visualizing the War
Story	Samuel Bell Palmer
Geographic Location	United States -- Tennessee -- Gallatin
Time period	1860-1869
Contributing Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
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 Tennessee State Library & Archives, Library Photograph Collection.
Credit line	Tennessee State Library & Archives, Library Photograph Collection
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,96
Archival file	shades3/shades_tsla_0006.jpg