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 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°...
“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...
Step Into a Historic Photo at the Burnside Bridge
Garry Adelman "steps in" to Alexander Gardner's 1862 photograph showing Civil War graves at the Burnside Bridge after the Battle of Antietam. View the...
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...
Step Into the First Major Battle of the Civil War
Today on "Step Into History" we visit Sudley Springs Ford, where the Union Army crossed right before and after the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)...
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...
