Mobilizing the Battle of Atlanta
Working with the Atlanta Cyclorama
July 17, 2014 - November 30, 2014
| Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Level 3
The Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864) figured prominently in the Union’s conquest of the Confederacy during the final year of the American Civil War and in Abraham Lincoln’s re-election to the US presidency. This exhibit describes the two-year project to create a mobile tour for exploring the physical traces of the battlefield, remnants of a Civil War fort and rifle pit, and monuments to fallen generals on opposing sides.
This web-based mobile application combines a narrative of events by Battle of Atlanta researcher and tour leader Daniel A. Pollock with maps, video clips, and images into a handheld resource directing visitors to 12 tour stops. The project team of more than 30 individuals from the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) and the Robert W. Woodruff Library worked to create the tour app and its accompanying resources.
The mobile tour is accessible via a weblink, BattleAtl.org.
The Confederate charge on Leggett's Hill, the present location of the I-20 and Moreland Avenue interchange, is depicted in the background of the Atlanta Cyclorama painting. (Courtesy of the Atlanta Cyclorama).
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For more information: kathryn.v.dixson@emory.edu
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