Chattanooga

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Chattanooga from the North Bank of the Tennessee
We often see photographs of Lookout Mountain, but let's take a look at photos of Chattanooga in general. Prior to the Civil War, Chattanooga had moved from a place where cotton was transported from the port to become a rail center. Along with railroads, Chattanooga had a charcoal iron industry. By the time of the Civil War, it had become a town of 2,000 people.

Chattanooga during the Civil War

 

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Chattanooga Map 1864

Men of the Quartermaster's Department building transport steamers on the Tennessee River at Chattanooga, 1864.

 

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FEDERAL TROOPS CAMPED INSIDE CHATTANOOGA AFTER THE BATTLE. (WESTERN RESERVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY)

 

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House in Chattanooga that served as General Thomas's headquarters

 

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1864 Photograph showing soldiers and citizens watching a steamer go upriver on the Tennessee River. (NA)

 

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Chattanooga 1864

 

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Crutchfield House Hotel, built in 1847 (Chattanooga Public Library)

The hotel burned in 1870.

 

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Aerial view of Chattanooga, 1864

 

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Chattanooga, 1864 (pinterest)

 

[jackt62]

Fascinating photographs!

 

[18thVirginia]

Glad you're enjoying them. I may be a terrible visualizer or maybe have always lived with photographers, but I need to see pictures of places we talk about. In looking for photos of somewhere else, I kept coming across ones of Chattanooga--and not of Lookout Mountain and thought they'd make an interesting thread.

 

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Civil War era Chattanooga

 

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Transport boats on the Tennessee River relieving Chattanooga

 

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Sutler's Row, Chattanooga

 

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Chattanooga area camp

 

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1863 map of Chattanooga

 

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Union Army Water Works at Cameron Hill, Chattanooga (LoC)

 

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Civil War encampment at Rock City near Chattanooga

 

[Chattahooch33]

Excellent. The Chattanooga and Atlanta pictures always looked so similar. I assume Barnard took many of them as he did the Atlanta one.

An interesting note, the train depots were identical in Atlanta and Chattanooga. It was designed by Engineer E.A. Vincent.


CHATTANOOGA: The depot is in the middle left of the photo

ATLANTA:

 

[JOHN42768]

Thanks for posting. Very nice