At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow ... to fill the journal’s pages with compelling and persuasive war images. Alfred Waud, the most prolific special, created many ...

The American Civil War was the first major conflict that was photographed extensively, bringing shocking and often horrific images to the front pages and into people's living rooms. Photography ...

Burns, MD of The Burns Archive. One of the major accomplishments during the Civil War was the establishment of an effective hospital system that threaded the wounded and diseased through a ...