The American Civil War

A collection of 4 Posts

1864: A Family Portrait post image

1864: A Family Portrait

Wet plate photography and the American Civil War

1879: Frederick Douglass post image

1879: Frederick Douglass

How the most photographed man in America harnessed the portrait as a political tool

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 2) – Storming Marye's Heights post image

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 2) – Storming Marye's Heights

After the amphibious assault by the Union army two days prior, both armies, unknowing of the carnage to come, prepared for battle

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 1) – Crossing the Rappahannock post image

The Battle of Fredericksburg (Part 1) – Crossing the Rappahannock

Illustrated eyewitness accounts of the Union's amphibious assault of Fredericksburg on Thursday, December 11th, 1862