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Haunting Images That Capture the Devastation of the US Civil War
These horrifying Civil War images illustrated how truly devastating ... on the battlefield in the aftermath of the 1862 Battle of Antietam were shown and shocked the public. One image was chosen ...
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Images from the Civil War Battlefields
The American Civil War was the first major conflict ... from snapping even the most graphic of post-battle images to illustrate the horrors of war. Several of the images in this gallery are ...
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This Female Civil War Soldier Participated in the Bloodiest Battle in American History and Spied on the South—or Did She?
On the evening of September 17, 1862, in the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Private Franklin ... undercover behind ...
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Civil War Battlefield Art
At the time of the Civil War ... and persuasive war images. Alfred Waud, the most prolific special, created many of the most memorable sketches of critical moments at Antietam and Gettysburg ...
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Behind the Lens: A History in Pictures
One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment ... In the larger battles of the war the casualties were staggering: Antietam 22,717; Shiloh 23,746; Spotsylvania ...