. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . lEVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE GUARDED DEPOT—STEVENSON IN lSU-2 This little Alabama town first became the subject of a war photograph during General Buells campaign. It sprang into strategicimportance as a base of supplies, and in order to hold it Buell sent forward Colonel A. S. Barker, who began the construction ofextensive defenses, pressing into service some five hundred Negroes. Barker succeeded in completing two large redoubU and sevendefensible Avas the position mad
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . lEVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THE GUARDED DEPOT—STEVENSON IN lSU-2 This little Alabama town first became the subject of a war photograph during General Buells campaign. It sprang into strategicimportance as a base of supplies, and in order to hold it Buell sent forward Colonel A. S. Barker, who began the construction ofextensive defenses, pressing into service some five hundred Negroes. Barker succeeded in completing two large redoubU and sevendefensible Avas the position made that during Hoods invasion of Tennessee it was not attacked by the Confederates. lockhouses; so i. lEVlEWS CO. THE STRENGTHENED FORTS This picture of Fort Barker, at Stevenson, shows the care with which the Federals defended this advance base. In this ^^^^^^about 150 feet there were barbette platforms for seven guns and an extensive magazme. and bomb-proof. J^^^^^ south of the station on the other side of the railroad, was equally strong. The two forts guarded the approach from the north. \yt iEi^iuiutn* (Ecmbat at ^Xrxwts Itu^r ^ ■ ^%. / V\ ^ which has taken the double name of the town and the the winding httle stream ran the turnpike to Nashvilleand the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad. Bragg had the advantage in cavalry. In addition toWheelers command there were the troops of Forrest and^Morgan, who acted independently of the Army of the Missis-sippi, now known as the Army of Tennessee. These men,^\ith several hundred horsemen, raided through the country,regardless of mud, snow, or ice, and at one time threatenedNashville, the Federal supply-depot. They
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