Thanks to him…we know

Much of our knowledge of Civil War Atlanta comes from the work of the official photographer of the Army of the Mississippi, George Barnard. Assigned to document military camps, fortifications and rail lines, Barnard followed General William Sherman and his troops on their infamous March to the Sea. In the process of completing his assigned military tasks, Barnard was also able to capture stunning images left in the wake of Sherman’s advance. Images that include the only view of 1860s Atlanta that we have. It is because of Barnard’s images that we have some idea of what our city was