Modern (and Older) Photos of America’s Civil War Sites

Modern (and Older) Photos of America’s Civil War Sites
http://www.civilwaralbum.com/

While few have been able to travel so widely across the venues of Civil War America as this corps of amateur photographers, anyone with a computer can now vicariously enjoy the thrill. “Assembled here is a collection of over 2,000 pages including 5,900 modern photos and panoramas of Civil War sites. The photos and narrative were provided by the Webmaster as well as over 50 contributors between 1990 and July 2005. Included are numerous wartime photos, as well as several official records, reports and maps. Because of the rapid growth and extensive content of CivilWarAlbum.com the site is best viewed with a broadband connection.” The panoramas are especially good.

For other civil photographs on the Web try Selected Civil War Photographs http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html . This collection "contains 1,118 photographs. Most of the images were made under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady , and include scenes of military personnel, preparations for battle, and battle after-effects. The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men." It may be searched by keywords and may be browsed by subject. For print photograph collections use the Library of Congress subject heading United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works. This will also find commentary. For a primer on the interpretation of photographic evidence visit Making Sense of Documentary Photography http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/Photos/ (History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/browse/makesense/).