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The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection contains 1,118 photographs which feature Civil War encampments, battlefields, and portraits (including Lincoln, Lee, and Grant) as captured by Mathew Brady and his staff of photographers. Brady's photography exhibits marked the first time Americans witnessed the carnage of war in their homeland.
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| Special Presentation: | Time Line for the Civil War http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/timeline.html |
| Historical Eras: | The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877 |
| Related Collections: | African-American Pamphlets, 1818-1907 Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 Walt Whitman Notebooks WPA Life History Manuscripts, 1936-1940 |
| Center for the Book: | Read More About It! |
| Related Exhibits: | The African-American Mosaic http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html The Gettysburg Address http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/G.Address/ga.html |
| Search Tips: | *Search on the words Federal and Union to find photographs about the Northern armies. *Search on the words African American, black, colored, Negro, Negroes, slavery for information about African Americans. *For more help with search words, go to Civil War Photographs Subject Index and American Memory Search Tips. |
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Learn More About It: Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865 URL: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/cwp/cwpintro.html
Sep-16-96