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Title:
The Chattanooga Valley Sketched from Lookout Mountain after Sherman's Victory
Artist:
Schell, Frederic B.
Date:
November 25, 1863
Transcription:
Recto: "not used // 30 miles distant // camps.";Verso: "The Chattanooga Valley - sketched from the Summit of Lookout Mountain - Showing Missionary ridge, Chattanooga - Moccasin point - Browns Ferry &c. &c. - // References A. Brown's Ferry & Pontoon bridge B. Cameron Hill C. Moccasin Point D. Chattanooga E. Missionary Ridge F. Sherman's pontoon bridge G. Nashville & Chattanooga R. Road // -This view comprises the principal portions of the field of the late battle. Hooker's position was on the extreme left of the picture from which he attacked Lookout Mountain, carrying the position by flank & sweeping completely around Lookout point rising gradually to the summit of the mountain. Sherman crossed at the pontoon bridge F & attacked Missionary Ridge. This consists of a series of knolls each one of which was now fortified & were successively carried at the point of the bayonet. The view independent of the association is grand -I note the resemblance to an Indian Moccasin from which Moccasin point takes its name. // [signed] Frd. B. Schell."
Subjects:
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Missionary Ridge, Battle of, Tenn., 1863 Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Condition:
Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper or dog-ear at all corners; ripping along central fold.
Place:
Chattanooga Valley Tennessee
Medium:
Graphite and ink wash heightened with white
Dimensions:
13.25 x 9.5 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
34.9328542, -85.355514
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-FBS-TN-11/25/63 (Box 7.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4778
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-FBS-TN-11/25/63
Collection:
Panoramas and Landscapes
Tags:
Landscape Panorama River scene Trees
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"The Chattanooga Valley Sketched from Lookout Mountain after Sherman's Victory", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2218.html
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