150th Anniversary of the U.S. Civil War
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Photographic History

Photographic History of the Civil War was first published in 1911 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the Civil War. The Archives & Rare Books Library has two copies of the complete ten-volume set, one in the reference area and one in the Rare Books Collection. The images shown here are from Volume One.

Title page of Photographic History of the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
A Grim Capture
Title page

The Idol of the South

Robert E. Lee at the McLean farmhouse on the morning of April 9, 1865

A Grim Capture

Medical officers of the Second and Sixth Corps of the Federal Army working on the wounded after an attack at Savage Station on June 29, 1862

Fort Sumter
Camp Life of the Invading Army
The President Investigates

Sumter Becomes a Federal Target

The eastern barracks inside Fort Sumter during the Bombardment of September 8, 1863

Camp Life of the Invading Army

The camp of McClellan's Army of the Potomac in the spring of 1862

The President Investigates

Lincoln at McClellan's headquarters, October 1, 1862

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