Civil War Combat Photos
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Civil war combat photos. In which case these combat action photographs may represent the first battle in history to be captured by two cameras in two different places representing both sides of the conflict. 26 photos of the civil war s child soldiers a harvest of death. The most common photos were portraits which soldiers sporting their new uniforms would have taken in studios. Thought i would post a couple of those first combat pictures from the 1885 rebellion courtesy library and archives canada.
Photographers captured both the union and confederate experiences of everyday life. For more information please see the item in the national archives catalog. Civil war journal was on early this morning on history and saw a lot of these fort sumter photos on there. Soldiers in uniform posing for professional photographs manning their stations attending mass or reading in their downtime in between battles.
Russell just before the second battle of fredericksburg in the spring of 1863. Get down boys skirmish line. Most recently updated version. In 1943 the library of congress purchased a collection of over 7 000 of rare civil war photographs for archival purposes many of which recently became digitally available on their website.
Civil war historians and photo historians have uncovered documentary evidence suggesting that this image of union forces was taken by andrew j. This is a collection of some of our favorites from the first war ever captured by photographs. 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. 33 haunting photos of the battle of gettysburg.
Colorized civil war photos that bring america s deadliest conflict to life. Both our main website and galleries website are used by veterans their families students professors novelists genealogists and collectors forresearch and gifts.