Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Melissa Winn of the American Battlefield Trust provides opening remarks for her lecture about the rise of portrait photography during the Civil War.

Last Updated on December 3, 2025 by Colby Droscher These vintage photos provide a clear look at daily life and major events ...

There are a few verifiable truths about Civil War photographer Timothy O’Sullivan. He was born in 1840 in Ireland. He apprenticed in the studio of famed photographer Matthew Brady, and he took what he ...

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It was America’s bloodiest war - brother against brother, fighting to the bitter end. We grew up hearing that, and if it sounds overhyped, consider that its toll of 750,000 lives was nearly twice the ...

The "Freedom, Sacrifice, Memory: Civil War Sesquicentennial Photography Exhibit" will be on display at the Forsyth County Public Library on Fifth Street downtown from Aug. 1 to 29. For information on ...

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WEST HARTFORD, CT — A West Hartford university is hosting a historically significant photography exhibition about a period in ...

The actress says her "biggest fear" was "looking like I didn’t know what I was doing with the camera" Kirsten Dunst took playing a war photographer extremely seriously. “I just carried that camera ...