![]() ![]() Photography during the Civil War, especially for those who ventured out to the battlefields with their cameras, was a difficult and time consuming process. Civil War photographs stripped away much of the Victorian-era romance around warfare. For the first time in history, citizens on the home front could view the actual carnage of far away battlefields. Photographers such as Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and Timothy O'Sullivan found enthusiastic audiences for their images as America's interests were piqued by the shockingly realistic medium. Not only did intrepid photographers venture onto the fields of battle, but those very images were then widely displayed and sold in ever larger quantities nationwide. While photographs of earlier conflicts do exist, the American Civil War is considered the first major conflict to be extensively photographed. Sam Cooley, Photographer (Library of Congress) Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Stop the Largest Rezoning in Orange County History.Support the American Battlefield Protection Program Enhancement Act.Protect the Heart of Chancellorsville Battlefield. ![]()
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