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DescriptionGeorgetown 1861.jpg
Union soldiers on the Mason's Island (Theodore Roosevelt Island) in 1861. Behind them is the Potomac Aqueduct Bridge and Georgetown University on top of the hill. During the Civil War (1861-1865), the island served as a storage and distribution site, and also as a training camp for Union troops.
Date
Source
Library of Congress
Author
George N. Barnard
(1819–1902)
Alternative names
G. N. Barnard; George Barnard; George Norman Barnard
Description
American photographer and daguerreotypist Best known for his album of sixty-one albumen prints in 'Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign' (pub. 1866) documenting the battlefields after Sherman's march through the South.
Date of birth/death
23 December 1819
4 February 1902
Location of birth/death
Coventry
Cedarville
Work period
1864
Work location
Oswego, New York City, Syracuse, US South (during Civil War)
Authority file
: Q127916
VIAF: 37018544
ISNI: 0000000083729411
ULAN: 500115186
LCCN: n86080488
NAID: 10572174
WorldCat
creator QS:P170,Q127916
Permission (Reusing this file)
"No known restrictions on publication."
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http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00928
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