Wagons and camera of Sam A. Cooley, U.S. photographer, Department of the South.
Photography in the Civil War
Learn more about photography during the Civil War, from techniques used in the 1860s — including 3-D photography — to what photos can reveal about battles to tips on taking photos yourself on the battlefield.
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Step Into Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War
On May 21, 1864 war photographer Timothy O'Sullivan took a series of photos of Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War during the Overland Campaign. The...
Step Into The Sunken Road at Fredericksburg
Kris White visits the location of Andrew Russell's famous 1863 photograph at the Sunken Road after the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. View the 360°...
Step Into a Historic Photo at Antietam's Dunker Church
"Step in" to history with Garry Adelman as he stands where Alexander Gardner did as he took his famous 1862 photo of the Dunker church after the...
Step Into a Historic Photograph of a Fredericksburg Hospital
By 1864, Fredericksburg, Virginia, was a city of hospitals. Just miles to the west and the south, The Overland Campaign raged on, resulting in...
The Rebel Sharpshooter at Gettysburg: Step Into a Historic Photograph
Garry Adelman breaks down one of the most famous photos in American history, Timothy O'Sullivan and Alexander Gardner 's shot of the dead Confederate...
“Pictures of the Dead at Antietam”
The following article appeared in The New York Times on October 20, 1862, reporting on the photographic display of the images that Mathew Brady and...
