Battle of Backbone Mountain

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Description 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.
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Source Library of Congress
Author
George N. Barnard  (1819–1902)  wikidata:Q127916
 
George N. Barnard
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 Edit this at Wikidata 4 February 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Coventry Cedarville
Work period 1864 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Oswego, New York City, Syracuse, US South (during Civil War)
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creator QS:P170,Q127916
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Other versions http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpb.00928

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current21:02, 21 January 2009Thumbnail for version as of 21:02, 21 January 20093,701 × 2,519 (6.3 MB)Patrickneilless burn on campus, more contrast generally
23:28, 27 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:28, 27 September 20073,701 × 2,519 (6.3 MB)Patrickneil{{Information |Description=Union soldiers guarding the Potomac River in 1861. Behind them is the old Aqueduct bridge and Georgetown University on top of the hill |Source=Library of Congress |Date=1861 |Author=George N. Barnard |Permission="No known r

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