Origins of Photojournalism
Although the history of photography begins in antiquity with the projection of images via camera obscura, the first, unsuccessful attempts to...
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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...
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 Photo at Antietam: Hagerstown Pike
Join Garry Adelman as he "steps in" to Alexander Gardner's famous 1862 photograph of the Confederate dead along the Hagerstown Pike at Antietam. View...
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...
Artillery at Antietam: Step Into this Historic Photo
On September 20, 1862, Alexander Gardner arrived at the Antietam Battlefield to photograph the aftermath of the bloodiest day in American history...
John L. Burns
John Lawrence Burns was born in Burlington, New Jersey, on September 5, 1793. He is said to have begun his military service after he enlisted in the U...