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May 25, 2023 · Enlarge Engineers of the 8th New York State Militia in front of a tent, 1861. Local Identifier: 111-B-499. National Archives Identifier: 524918. View in National Archives Catalog Introduction The Civil War was the first large and prolonged conflict recorded by photography. During the war, dozens of photographers--both as private individuals and as employees of the Confederate and Union ...
About this Page. Explore the faces, places and events of the U.S. Civil War through photographs, prints and drawings. The Prints & Photographs Division holds thousands of images relating to the Civil War, found in many different collections. This category allows research across those collections. Among the pictures combined in this category are:
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Nov 10, 2021 · More than 600,000 Northerners and Southerners died in the war, a greater number than all those who had died in all other American wars combined. (The other parts of these photo series: The American Civil War in pictures (part 2), 1861-1865; The American Civil War in pictures (part 3), 1861-1865. As many as 50,000 died in a single battle.
Jul 16, 2023 · 55 Images That Reveal The Devastation Of The U.S. Civil War. View Gallery. The Civil War stands as the bloodiest conflict in American history. From 1861 to 1865, the country tore itself apart in fierce battles that pitted brother against brother, and neighbor against neighbor. At least 620,000 people died — a more recent estimate suggests ...
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The name Mathew B. Brady is almost a synonym for Civil War photography. Although Brady himself actually may have taken only a few photographs of the war, he employed many of the other well-known photographers before and during the war. Alexander Gardner and James F. Gibson at different times managed Brady's Washington studio.
The U.S. National Archives has digitized over 6,000 images from the series Mathew Brady Photo-graphs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes (National Archives’s Local Identifier 111-B) and included them in their online FLICKR catalog.
Oct 25, 2023 · The Prints & Photographs Division has more than 15,000 American Civil War photos that cover the full length of the war from 1861 to 1865. Confederate images are available, but most photographs represent the Union.
