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File Details: ALTXm, 1400 DPI, TIFF, Original Negative, 46.1 Mb
| Credit: | by Barnard (George N.) |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1864.11 |
| Negative Size: | stereo |
| Equipment: | grapeshot; Parrott shell; solid shot |
| Locations & Lines: | Atlanta GA; Georgia |
| Military Units: | 2nd US Artillery; 2nd US Artillery (Battery F); US Army |
| Persons: | McPherson (James B.) |
| Sources: | Library of Congress |
Photographic War History. The War For The Union. 1861-1865. No. 3649. Where General PcPherson was Killed. This is the place on the battlefield of Atlanta, Ga., where the gallant General McPherson was killed, in July, 1864. During the fight General McPherson rode into this piece of woods alone. It so happened that there was a small gap at this point, between the 16th and 17th Corps, during the sever fighting. McPherson did not know of this fatal gap, and he rode through, directly into the enemy’s line. The skirmishers of the Rebel General “Paddy Cleburne” were concealed in the underbrush; they fired and killed McPherson. He fell from his horse at this spot; the horse dashed back into our lines, and the General’s aides, seeing the horse riderless, charged into the woods and recovered the General’s body, driving off the vandals who were robbing him of his watch and money. [Taylor & Huntington stereo card]
Library of Congress says: Atlanta, Georgia (vicinity). Spot in woods where Gen. James B. McPherson was killed, July 22, 1864.
The MOLLUS Collection says, about a Related Image: Wheels from Battery F, 2nd U.S. Artillery.
Anthony No. 3649.
Etched onto negative: 3649.
