Image of a octagonal wooden building on top of a large mound. On either side of the building are arbors with benches. There are stairs leading up to the wooden building. There are people sitting in the arbors, a man, woman and child sitting at the entrance to the building, and two Union officers standing on the stairs. On the roof of the building a man stands and waves to the camera while holding onto the flagpole. At the foot of the stairs is a sign that reads: Visitors are requested to register their names at the Office. The mound was know as the Citico Mound, a Mississippian burial mound and was northeast of Chattanooga. It became the site of a Union convalescents' garden in 1864. See Hoobler, Cities under the gun, p. 202-203.
Type
image
Format
image/tiff
Extent
1 print : albumen ; 26 x 32.5 cm (10 1/4 x 12 13/16 in.)
United States. Army--Sanitary affairs United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities Albumen prints. (aat)
Place
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Source
Isaac Bonsall Collection of Photographs. United States Civil War, Huntington Digital Library
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