Civil War Photograph of the Camp at Johnsonville

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Nov 25, 2025

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Lot Description

[AMERICAN CIVIL WAR] An interesting photograph of the Camp at Johnsonville, Tennessee in 1864. Albumen print, card-mounted, circa 1864. Eary notations to verso. 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (19 x 22) cm. Light fading to image, other minor surface defects, light wear to card's extremities, very good overall. A view of the Camp at Johnsonville taken (as written on the verso) "the day before its evacuation, in December 1864. In the foreground is the depot-platform, and just back of that is the 1st Tenn[essee] Colored Battery. In the background is the Camp: the troops are drawn up in line. This camp, at this date, was cold, muddy, cheerless, and dangerous." The Camp at Johnsonville was a crucial Union supply depot on the Tennessee River, and became the site of one of the War's most dramatic raids. In November 1864 the Confederate cavalry, under Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest, led a 23-day raid on the base at Johnsonville and destroyed nearly two dozen transports and large quantities of supplies. The raid proved to be an overall limited Confederate victory, as Union forces swiftly reestablished routes and supply lines.

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