American Civil War Pics

Engineers of the 8th new york state militia in front of a tent 1861.

American civil war pics. Before the outbreak of war he had founded the pinkerton national detective agency. The civil war began primarily as a result of the long standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. For comparison every soldier fighting in the civil war was 13 times more likely to die in the line of duty than were american soldiers fighting in the vietnam war. Soldiers in uniform posing for professional photographs manning their stations attending mass or reading in their downtime in between battles.

The answer lies in the fact that the confederacy was making inroads with the english and to some extent the french to intervene in the war on their behalf. The civil war was fought on american soil by mainly americans so what would a bunch of european diplomats be doing hanging out by a waterfall in new york. The american civil war in pictures part 1 1861 1865. War syria civil war.

During the war dozens of photographers both as. Browse 17 598 american civil war stock photos and images available or search for american civil war battle or abraham lincoln to find more great stock photos and pictures. Harrowing images from the battle which lasted from 1861 1865 show count. The american civil war was the first major conflict on american soil after the invention of photography and the fifth war that was documented in photographs.

This september 1862 photo provided by the library of congress shows allan pinkerton on horseback during the battle of antietam near sharpsburg maryland. Photographers captured both the union and confederate experiences of everyday life. Pictures photos and images from the american civil war abraham lincoln president of the united states of america march 4 1861 to april 15 1865. View in national archives catalog engineers of the 8th new york state militia in front of a tent 1861.

524918the war between the states was the first large and prolonged conflict recorded by photography. In total eight percent of all white males aged 13 to 43 living in america at the dawn of the civil war died during the conflict that s approximately 2 5 percent of the total american population. Graphic photographs from the american civil war capture the death and destruction of the nation s bloodiest conflict.