Great Photographs of the Civil War
Great Photographs of the Civil War

Author: Time-Life Books

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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Great Photographs of the Civil War brings together in one volume the most evocative Civil War photographs ever published. The images--selected by Time Life editors from thousands of photographs preserved in museums and collections around the country--tell the epic story of a nation divided. Reflected here are the tireless efforts of pioneering photographers who used heavy equipment and portable darkrooms mounted on wagon beds to record this fateful struggle. The editors have assembled 300 gripping images, some of them recognized classics and others rarely seen, into 20 chronological photo essays. Here, the crucial events of the war, from the bloodiest day at Antietam and the Confederate high tide at Gettysburg to the battles for Atlanta and the climactic siege of Petersburg, are conveyed with power and precision in the defining photographs of the conflict that redefined our nation.

Photography and the American Civil War
Photography and the American Civil War

Author: Jeff L. Rosenheim

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2013-05-07

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0300191804

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Published to coincide with the 150th anniverary of the battle of Gettysburg, features both familiar and rarely seen Civil War images from such photographers as George Barnard, Mathew Brady, and Timothy O'Sullivan.

Russell's Civil War Photographs
Russell's Civil War Photographs

Author: Andrew J. Russell

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 136

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Gathers photos of arsenals, barracks, stables, railroad depots, prisons, forts, pontoon bridges, blockhouses, and Alexandria, Richmond, and Washington.

Lens of War
Lens of War

Author: James Matthew Gallman

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0820348104

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This set of essays by twenty-seven historians of the Civil War describes a wide array of the war's photographs, examining them in unfamiliar ways.

TIME-LIFE The Civil War in 500 Photographs
TIME-LIFE The Civil War in 500 Photographs

Author: The Editors of TIME-LIFE

Publisher: Time Inc. Books

Published: 2015-12-10

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 1618938851

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The name TIME-LIFE has become synonymous with providing readers with a deeper understanding of subjects and world events that matter to us all. Now, with the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War upon us, TIME-LIFE The Civil War in 500 Photographs will be an indispensable guide to a nation-changing era and the military, social, economic, and political forces that shaped it. The narrative of the Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, is familiarly to almost all Americans, from Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln's noble declaration that "the government cannot endure permanently half-slave, half-free" to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Yet the details of the battles and battlefields, the political maneuverings, and the personalities who defined the war continue to fascinate citizens of all ages. TIME-LIFE The Civil War in 500 Photographs taps into that into that interest, providing a fresh and accessible way to appreciate this most important conflict. It will lay out the war's major developments in arresting, colorized images and cover topics from the backstory through secession, the Union's early setbacks, the Underground Railroad, victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and Reconstruction. For history buffs and the newly curious, The Civil War in 500 Photographs will be the ultimate, easy-to-use guide to four years that changed our nation forever.

African American Faces of the Civil War
African American Faces of the Civil War

Author: Ronald S. Coddington

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2012-08-20

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 142140625X

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A renowned collector of Civil War photographs and a prodigious researcher, Ronald S. Coddington combines compelling archival images with biographical stories that reveal the human side of the war. This third volume in his series on Civil War soldiers contains previously unpublished photographs of African American Civil War participants—many of whom fought to secure their freedom. During the Civil War, 200,000 African American men enlisted in the Union army or navy. Some of them were free men and some escaped from slavery; others were released by sympathetic owners to serve the war effort. African American Faces of the Civil War tells the story of the Civil War through the images of men of color who served in roles that ranged from servants and laborers to enlisted men and junior officers. Coddington discovers these portraits— cartes de visite, ambrotypes, and tintypes—in museums, archives, and private collections. He has pieced together each individual’s life and fate based upon personal documents, military records, and pension files. These stories tell of ordinary men who became fighters, of the prejudice they faced, and of the challenges they endured. African American Faces of the Civil War makes an important contribution to a comparatively understudied aspect of the war and provides a fascinating look into lives that helped shape America.

Witness to an Era
Witness to an Era

Author: Mark Katz

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781558537422

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Alexander Gardner's photographs are among the most memorable images of the Civil War, and they fill this powerful biography, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in History. "This album of Gardner's work is nothing less than sensational " -- "Booklist"

Photo by Brady
Photo by Brady

Author: Jennifer Armstrong

Publisher: Atheneum

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 168

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Retells the Civil War through the eyes of photographer Mathew Brady and other field photographers as they record a brutal and deadly time.

The Civil War in Photographs
The Civil War in Photographs

Author: William C. Davis

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781780971827

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In 1861, the art of photography came of age just as Civil War erupted and tore the United States apart. As a result, more than 2,000 photographers covered the conflict, making it the first historical event captured fully by the camera. Noted historian William C. Davis has chosen the finest of these images, enhancing the pictures with illuminating text that places them in context. Many of these evocative photos are rarely seen, and portray not only the battles and their tragic aftermath, but also the people caught in the devastation. "