Lookout Mountain photographs, 1863-1870.

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Lookout Mountain photographs, 1863-1870.

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Photographs of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, probably made by Robert M. Linn, photographer to General Joseph Hooker during the Civil War and member of a family of photographers in Chattanooga. Consisting of 16 gold-toned albumen prints from glass plate negatives and 8 cartes-de-visite views, these photographers include individuals and groups posed on Lookout Point, a military camp in the valley, a bridge, a hospital, the house used as General John H. King's headquarters, and scenic views. One image shows General Hooker sitting on Lookout Point.

24 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924306

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879

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Hooker was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the grandson of a captain in the American Revolutionary War. He was of entirely English ancestry, all of which had been in New England since the early 1600s. His initial schooling was at the local Hopkins Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1837, ranked 29th out of a class of 50, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery. His initial assignment was in Florida fighting in the second of the Seminole War...

Linn, Robert M., -1872

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