Miscellaneous Postcards and Photographs

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Description

A sepia toned photograph identified in pencil as a monument erected for Albert Sidney Johnstone is actually the Memorial to the Confederate Army of Tennesee at Metaire Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana. The memorial contains crypts in a vaulted Gothic chapel surrounded by a grass-covered mound or tumulus. A bronze statue of Albert Sydeny Johnston, a Confederate General, is on top of the tumulus, depicting Johnston as seated atop his horse holding binoculars.This is a view of the memorial and statue as seen from the back. This photograph was originally included on a scrapbook page.

Publication Date

1890

Approximate Creation Date

1890

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

Monuments; Cemeteries

Keywords

memorials; Civil War Memorials; crypts; tumulus; sculptures; Albert Sydeney Johnston

Geographic Location

New Orleans (La.)

Object Type

image

Format (original)

photograph

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_837_Photograph_Sheet-1_Monument-New-Orleans

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscripts Unit, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Postcard/Photographs, 2022 Addition, Photographs

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Back of the Memorial to the Confederate Army of Tennesee at Metaire Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15, 1890

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