[ Photographs ] (Civil War) Chattanooga: Knoxville Exceptional group of 54 photographs documenting Union activities and construction in and around the cities of Chattanooga and Knoxville, views of the Tennessee River, surrounding countryside, and

[ Photographs ] (Civil War) Chattanooga: Knoxville Exceptional group of 54 photographs documenting Union activities and construction in and around the cities of Chattanooga and Knoxville, views of the Tennessee River, surrounding countryside, and Lookout Mountain and including studies of the army transports (paddle wheelers) "Wauhatchie " "Kingston," "Chickamauga," "Bridgeport," "Missionary," and "Lookout" and their sailors on the Tennessee River; military bridges at Chattanooga and Bridgeport: a railroad blockhouse and locomotive; a fine portrait of Generals Poe and Babcock before Fort Saunders; several views of the town of Chattanooga, scenes from Lookout Mountain and taken on the Tennessee River; 5 panoramas of Knoxville, and the Tennessee Valley: as well as photographs of soldiers by their tents, officers of the 10th Ohio Infantry and more. Albumen prints, 14 are approximately 8.25 x 12.5 21 are approximately 6.5 x 8, 14 are 3 x 3.5 and the 5 panoramas are 3.75 x 13.75 inches: all on the original mount all but 3 titled and numbered in a period hand, in ink, on mount recto; 8 with the handstamp "B. O." on mount verso. 1863-64 E20000-25000 A Pristine and Visually Strong Group Of Civil War, Studies, documenting military activities in the strategically important area of Chattanooga, a vital railroad center, terminus for a massive Union buildup, and starting point for Sherman's march through the south. While there appears to be no single photographer for this group of images (which probably were made for record-keeping purposes, rather than public sale), some of them may have been made by the photographer H. Goldsticker. This little- known figure, who worked under Col. William Merrill, photographed in the Chattanooga area, and several of his photographs appear in the George Eastman House's "The Chattanooga Album." Another possible author of some of the images in this group is the famous George N Barnard. Mile the size and visual characteristics of the views do not resemble Barnard's work, one of the panoramas ( "Knoxville from the cupola of the University of East Tennessee..") is a reduced copy print of a Barnard print. In addition, there is a relationship to Barnard in the Portrait of Generals Poe and Babcock. Captain 0 M. Poe was Barnards supervisor when he was official photographer of the Military Division of the Mississippi in 1863, and the two were friends after the War. With - Group of three photographs of Brigadier General Albert Ordway (1843-91), the former owner of this collection, and five other military portraits. Ordway, a native Of Boston, began the Civil war as a first lieutenant in the 24th Massachusetts, then served under General Burnside in North Carolina, and later Joined the Army of the Potomac with which he fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Silver and albumen prints, 16.5 x 13 to 5 x 3.25 inches, three with a photographers credit on mount recto or verso and six with penciled, captions, in a later hand, on mount verso. 1880s.