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Mathew B Brady and many of the decade's best photographers created the photographs in this collection. There are detailed portraits of notable men of the era, as well as photos of soldiers, living and dead, battlefields, scarred landscapes, and cities burned and bombed by invading troops. They portray the horrors of war and images of life in camp. They represent photojournalism in its infancy and present us with real-life interpretations of our nation at war with itself.…More
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This appears to be the camp of the 34th Massachusetts, near Fort Lyon, just south of Alexandria, Va.. There are other photos from the same perspective, showing the barn (rear) and debris field (foreground).
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This appears to be the camp of the 34th Massachusetts, near Fort Lyon, just south of Alexandria, Va.. There are other photos from the same perspective, showing the barn (rear) and debris field (foreground).
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Annotation added: Torpedo
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Spotlight added: operator with reel of wire on back of cart
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Spotlight added: Lookout Mtn.
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Spotlight added: Gen. Rosecrans
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This profile of Lincoln was used for the penny.
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Lookout Mtn. Chattanooga, TN.
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Petersburg, Va.
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No doubt about it
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Genius engineer for the Union
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Col. John M. Hay, Lincoln's secretary
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Source Information
Mathew B Brady Collection of Civil War Photographs. Original data from: The National Archives
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