March 2025’s Cover Image: The Confederate Line at Atlanta

This month’s cover image is a photo taken by George Barnard.

According to the Library of Congress, where you can find a hi-res version of the image:

“View along the rebel line just east of the Western & Atlantic R.R., Potter’s house [Ponder house] in the middle ground, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1864. Photograph shows Confederate fortifications and chevaux-de-frise.”

For more on Barnard’s photography around Atlanta, see 100 Significant Civil War Photographs: Atlanta Campaign by ECW alum Stephen Davis, published by Historical Publications, the same folks who bring you Civil War News.



2 Responses to March 2025’s Cover Image: The Confederate Line at Atlanta

  1. Thank you for posting the photo as well as where we can find a higher resolution photo and other photos from the Atlanta campaign.

  2. While it may today be a highway like so many other locations, like the barn where Booth was shot, where in google maps is this.

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