This was a complicated process done exclusively by photographic professionals.Ĭameras in the time of the Civil War were bulky and difficult to maneuver. Today pictures are taken and stored digitally, but in 1861, the newest technology was wet-plate photography, a process in which an image is captured on chemically coated pieces of plate glass. They also had to be prepared to process cumbersome light-sensitive images in cramped wagons. Photographers had to carry all of their heavy equipment, including their darkroom, by wagon. Photography during the Civil War, especially for those who ventured out to the battlefields with their cameras, was a difficult and time consuming process. Civil War photographs stripped away much of the Victorian-era romance around warfare. For the first time in history, citizens on the home front could view the actual carnage of far away battlefields. Photographers such as Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and Timothy O'Sullivan found enthusiastic audiences for their images as America's interests were piqued by the shockingly realistic medium. Not only did intrepid photographers venture onto the fields of battle, but those very images were then widely displayed and sold in ever larger quantities nationwide. While photographs of earlier conflicts do exist, the American Civil War is considered the first major conflict to be extensively photographed. Sam Cooley, Photographer (Library of Congress) Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Stop the Largest Rezoning in Orange County History.Send Students on School Field Trips to Battlefields – Your Gift Tripled!.Phase Three of Gaines’ Mill-Cold Harbor Saved Forever Campaign.Save 42 Historic Acres at the Battle of Chancellorsville.Save 343 Acres at FIVE Battlefields in FOUR Western Theater States.
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