View of the shell-damaged Potter House in Atlanta, Georgia. A large section of wall on the front of the house, above the porch, has caved in. Several of the trees around the house are also damaged, concealing most of the earthworks in the foreground. Alt title from Plate 36 in Barnard's Photographic views of Sherman's campaign. There is another copy of this image in the James E. Taylor Albums (photCL 300), v. 1, p. 31.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 print : albumen ; 27.9 x 36.8 cm (11 x 14 1/2 in.)
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 Houses--Georgia--Atlanta. (lctgm) Buildings--War damage United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Place
Atlanta (Ga.)
Source
John P. Nicholson Collection: Civil War Photographs. United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
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