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Civil War News’ Stephanie Hagiwara
As part our series with Civil War News, ECW is pleased to welcome Stephanie Hagiwara. A stereo card of Lt. George Custer lounging on the grass next to his dog launched my interest in the Civil War. My husband, who … Continue reading
The Rise of Spirit Photography
As we near Halloween, thoughts of ghosts and spirits often come to the minds of visitors at historic places. I have recently started getting questions about ghosts, and this got me thinking about spirits “seen” by people in the 19th … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Photography
Tagged Boston, Carte-de-visites, Civil War, Ghosts, Halloween, Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Mumler, Photography, Spirit Photography, Spiritualism
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Springtime At Manassas Battlefield
Earlier this week, I visited some of the battlefield locations for the First Battle of Bull Run near Manassas. Early spring is blossoming here in Virginia, and this girl from California is delighted to see a real change in the … Continue reading
Book Review: “Shooting Lincoln: Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and the Race to Photograph the Story of the Century”
Across the street from Ford’s Theatre and next to the Petersen House in Washington, D.C. there’s a museum dedicated to Abraham Lincoln’s legacy. The centerpiece of that museum is a three-and-a-half story tower of books written about the 16th president … Continue reading
Soldier-Artists and the Battle Experience (Part II)
This is the second of two posts regarding soldier-artists and their depictions of the experience of battle. Part I may be found here. To appreciate the extent that images such as Adolph Metzner’s Cozy corner defied the conventions of mainstream art, it … Continue reading
Posted in Antebellum South, Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Memory, Mexican War, Photography, Primary Sources, Weapons
Tagged Armies, art, battlefields, Battles, Civil War, civilians, common soldiers, Material Culture, Newspapers, Officers, Photography, Primary Sources, Visual Culture, War art, Weapons
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Soldier-Artists and the Battle Experience (Part I)
This is the first of two posts regarding soldier-artists and their depictions of the experience of battle. “Pshaw. It’s no use, they can’t picture a battle,” exclaimed the young son of Reverend A. M. Stewart of the 102nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, a … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Memory, Newspapers, Photography, Primary Sources, Weapons
Tagged Armies, art, artists, battlefields, Battles, Civil War, civilians, common soldiers, Material Culture, Newspapers, Officers, Photography, Primary Sources, Visual Culture, War art, Weapons
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Civil War Photography Books—A Question
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words are in a book about pictures? We’ll let you mull that one over a little bit, but our real purpose for posting this afternoon is to pass along a … Continue reading
Modern Photography: No Monuments on the Ocean
There are no monuments on the ocean, no crossroads in the great waters, no places echoing in heart and mind—Gettysburg, Shiloh, Chickamauga. But our Civil War ancestors were out there too and some of them still are. Names that resonate … Continue reading
Modern Photography: Shiloh
We were rummaging around in the ECW archives and found this excellent photography essay by Lee White.
Tonight’s Sunset from Charleston
In Rob Wilson’s guest post this morning, Army of the Potomac Private George Augustus Marden asked to be delivered “from anymore Southern winters.” And with that in mind, I present this evening’s sunset from the Battery in Charleston, South Carolina—one of … Continue reading
