Photography and the American Civil War

If the "War Between the States" was the test of the young republic's commitment to its founding precepts, it was also a watershed in photographic history, as the camera recorded the epic, heartbreaking narrative from beginning to end-- providing those on the home front, for the first time, with immediate visual access to the horrors of the battlefield.

Year

2013

Language

English

Series

Metropolitan Museum of Art publications

Publisher

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Editions

1

Pages

277

ISBN

9780300191806

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