Brady Civil War Photos
Records: 6,479 · Complete: 100%
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.
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Ruins of Richmond
William Sherman
Officers of the Blinkers Division
Abraham Lincoln
Source Information
"Mathew B Brady Collection of Civil War Photographs" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com//title/16/brady-civil-war-photos: accessed February 28, 2021)
- Publication Title
- Brady Civil War Photos
- Total Records
- 6,479 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- T252
- Record Group
- 111
- Published on Fold3
- 03 Jan 2007
- Last Updated
- 02 May 2011
- Description
- NARA T252. Brady coordinated a team of photographers to document the Civil War, resulting in over 5,600 portraits, landscapes, and battle scenes.