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Civil War: The Camera Goes to War

Civil War: The Camera Goes to War. “THE VOICE OF WAR has long been heard and the literature of war is almost as old as organized warfare itself. The vision of war proved more difficult to fix …”. - Keegan , John. Drawings are still available…. Courtesy of Medford Historical Society.

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Civil War: The Camera Goes to War

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  1. Civil War: The Camera Goes to War “THE VOICE OF WAR has long been heard and the literature of war is almost as old as organized warfare itself. The vision of war proved more difficult to fix …”. - Keegan, John

  2. Drawings are still available…

  3. Courtesy of Medford Historical Society

  4. Soldiers would often have their pictures taken

  5. Ladies and Officers

  6. The reality of war comes to the front yard

  7. Gun Crew of the Deck of the USS Mendota

  8. Standing outside a house

  9. Relics of Pope’s Retreat

  10. Destruction of Railroad by Retreating Confederates

  11. The harsh reality of war

  12. Dead Confederate Soldier at the Devil’s Den (Gettysburg)

  13. Soldiers litter the ground at Gettysburg

  14. Abraham Lincoln surveys the Troops

  15. The Scene at Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

  16. Wounded Soldiers in the field at the Battle of Chancellorsville

  17. A fellow soldiers takes a moment to observe the fallen troops

  18. A man contemplates the battle of Antietam

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