Tag Archives: Antebellum

Civil War Railroads: An Overview

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Bert Dunkerly

As we discuss Civil War railroads this month, let’s start out with some basic concepts. It is important to remember that this was new technology when war broke out. No general, North or South, had ever used railroads in wartime … Continue reading →

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“Little Photography in Jeffdom:” The Decline of Photography in the Civil War South

Posted on April 14, 2016 by James Brookes

In 1862 Humphrey’s Journal of the Daguerreotype and Photographic Arts boasted that “The Photographic Art down South has completely died out in consequence of the war.”[i] Though an obvious overstatement, considering that southern photographers operated throughout the war, the journal … Continue reading →

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