Image: Cumberland River Bridge

Description: Nashville, Tenn. Fortified railroad bridge across Cumberland River Medium: 1 negative (2 plates) : glass, stereograph, wet collodion. Summary: Photograph of the War in the West. These photographs are of Hood before Nashville. Continuing his policy of the offensive at any cost, Gen. John B. Hood brought his reduced army before the defenses of Nashville, where it was overthrown by Gen. George H. Thomas on December 15-16, in the most complete victory of the war. If the date borne on this photograph is correct, it was taken in the course of the battle. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpb-02092 (digital file from original neg. of left half) LC-DIG-cwpb-02093 (digital file from original neg. of right half) LC-B8171-2642 (b&w film neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: LC-B811- 2642 [P&P] LOT 4177 (corresponding print) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Title: Cumberland River Bridge
Credit: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/cwpb/02000/02092v.jpg
Author: Barnard, George N., 1819-1902, photographer
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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