Civil War Photographs

Enlarge Engineers of the 8th New York State Militia in front of a tent, 1861. Local Identifier: 111-B-499. National Archives Identifier: 524918. View in National Archives Catalog Introduction The Civil War was the first large and prolonged conflict recorded by photography. During the war, dozens of photographers--both as private individuals and as employees of the Confederate and Union Governments--photographed civilians and civilian activities; military personnel, equipment, and activities; and the locations and aftermaths of battles.

Images from the Civil War Battlefields, American Experience, Official Site

Images from the Civil War Battlefields, American Experience, Official Site

Civil War photos gave carnage a wide view, but also aided the grieving

See the American Civil War in Color Photographs

Slide Show: Alexander Gardner's Civil War Photographs

Photography and the American Civil War - New Orleans Museum of Art

Civil War Reenactments Photographed with a Wet Plate Camera

20 Beautiful Civil War-Era Photographs Of American Landscapes

Civil War Photographs: New Technologies and New Uses, Classroom Materials at the Library of Congress

How the First Photojournalist, Mathew Brady, Shocked the Nation with Photos from the Civil War

How photography brought home the Civil War

Photography and the Civil War, 1861–65, Essay, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Civil War Photographer that Time Forgot: Alexander Gardner

Civil War Photographs

Civil War Photography Community and Conflict Photo Archive