The Atlanta Campaign The American Civil War was the first war in which both sides widely used entrenchments, repeating rifles, ironclad warships, and telegraphed communications. It was also the first American War to be extensively photographed. Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner and Timothy O’Sullivan are famous for having made iconic photographs in the Civil War’s eastern theater. George N. Barnard deserves to be ranked in this top tier for his photograph work in the war’s western theater.
A civilian photographer hired by Gen. William T. Sherman’s chief engineer t take pictures of fortifications around Atlanta, Barnard took several hundre them in and around the city in the fall of 1864. His most famous is the sit 100 Significant Civil War Photographs: Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson’s death in the battle of Atlanta, July 2 1864. Thus far, no comprehensive, definitive listing has been made of the photogr Atlanta Campaign presents a riveting work. The Library of Congress has 130 images; the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, has at least 98 photographs, donated by Captain Poe’s wido collection of George Barnard’s camera Other repositories, such as the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American Histor New York City, have smaller collections. For this book we have chosen a hundred images we deem “significant,” though work. Most of the photographs are from other students may wonder at some of our selections. ISBN 97
We hope that this work will stimulate further interest in Barnardiana, and that other scholarly volumes are yet to come. Barnard’s time in Atlanta, mid-September 9 781618 to mid-November 1864, during the Federal occupation of the city.
With this volume, Stephen Davis advances the scholarly literature of
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