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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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Page 12 same-person B-400 Negro Laborers.
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Fowx was the son-in-law of John HIll Hewitt, "Father of the American Ballad" and "Bard of the Confederacy".cynfowx752 commented on this Spotlight. (27 Jan 2012)
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Annotation added: Gen. Issac I. Stevens
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William Tecumseh Sherman-see top of photo
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Same as B-1327
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Annie Surratt? Sister of John Surratt, daughter of Lincoln Conspirator Mary Surratt?
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Annotation added: note the 28 flat cars on the barges
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The book "The Iron 44th" by Robert Willey tells the story of this company based on their letters sent to a local newspaper.
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Spotlight added: Cavalry trousers.
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Mathew B Brady Collection of Civil War Photographs. Original data from: The National Archives
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