Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States Illustrations
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Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States Illustrations
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Author : Francis Trevelyan Miller
language : en
Publisher: Hartford, Connecticut
Release Date : 2016-09-18
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States Illustrations written by Francis Trevelyan Miller and has been published by Hartford, Connecticut this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-18 with History categories.
This is undoubtedly the most valuable collection of historic photographs in America. It is believed to be the first time that the camera was used so extensively and practically on the battle-field. It is the first known collection of its size on the Western Continent and it is the only witness of the scenes enacted during the greatest crisis in the annals of the American nation. As a contribution to history it occupies a position that the higher art of painting, or scholarly research and literal description, can never usurp. It records a tragedy that neither the imagination of the painter nor the skill of the historian can so dramatically relate. The existence of this collection is unknown by the public at large. Even while this book has been in preparation eminent photographers have pronounced it impossible, declaring that photography was not sufficiently advanced at that period to prove of such practical use in War. Distinguished veterans of the Civil War have informed me that they knew positively that there were no cameras in the wake of the army. This incredulity of men in a position to know the truth enhances the value of the collection inasmuch that its genuineness is officially proven by the testimony of those who saw the pictures taken, by the personal statement of the man who took them, and by the Government Records. For forty-two years the original negatives have been in storage, secreted from public view, except as an occasional proof is drawn for some special use. How these negatives came to be taken under most hazardous conditions in the storm and stress of a War that threatened to change the entire history of the world is itself an interesting historical incident. Moreover, it is one of the tragedies of genius. While the clouds were gathering, which finally broke into the Civil War in the United States, there died in London one named Scott-Archer, a man who had found one of the great factors in civilization, but died poor and before his time because he had overstrained his powers in the cause of science. It was necessary to raise a subscription for his widow, and the government settled upon the children a pension of fifty pounds per annum on the ground that their father was "the discoverer of a scientific process of great value to the nation, from which the inventor had reaped little or no benefit." This was in 1857, and four years later, when the American Republic became rent by a conflict of brother against brother, Mathew B. Brady of Washington and New York, asked the permission of the Government and the protection of the Secret Service to demonstrate the practicability of Scott-Archer's discovery in the severest test that the invention had ever been given. Brady was an artist by temperament and gained his technical knowledge of portraiture in the rendezvous of Paris. He had been interested in the discoveries of Niepce and Daguerre and Fox-Talbot along the crude lines of photography but with the introduction of the collodion process of Scott-Archer he accepted the science as a profession and, during twenty-five years of labor as a pioneer photographer, took the likenesses of the political celebrities of the epoch and of eminent men and women throughout the country. Brady's request was granted and he invested heavily in cameras which were made specially for the hard usage of warfare. These cameras were cumbersome and were operated by what is known as the old wet-plate process, requiring a dark room which was carried with them onto the battle-fields. The experimental operations under Brady proved so successful that they attracted the immediate attention of President Lincoln, General Grant and Allan Pinkerton, known as Major Allen and chief of the Secret Service. Equipments were hurried to all divisions of the great army and some of them found their way into the Confederate ranks. To be continue in this ebook...
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States Classic Reprint
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Author : Mathew B. Brady
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-09-23
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States Classic Reprint written by Mathew B. Brady and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-23 with History categories.
Excerpt from Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States The existence of this collection is unknown by the public at large. Even while this book has been in pre paration eminent photographers have pronounced it im possible, declaring that photography was not sufficiently advanced at that period to prove of such practical use in War. Distinguished veterans of the Civil War have informed me that they knew positively that there were no cameras in the wake of the army. This incredulity of men in a position to know the truth enhances the value of the collection inasmuch that its genuineness is officially proven by the testimony of those who saw the pictures taken, by the personal statement of the man who took them, and by the Government Records. For forty-two years the original negatives have been in storage, secreted from public view, except as an occasional proof is drawn for some special use. How these negatives came to be taken under most hazardous conditions in the storm and stress of a War that threatened to change the entire history of the world is itself an interesting historical ia eident. Moreover, it is one of the tragedies of genius. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Original Photographs
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Author : Alexander Gardner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-07-03
Original Photographs written by Alexander Gardner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-03 with categories.
This is a reproduction of a vintage book, originally published in 1907. This text contains over 200 photographs, as well as detailed historic descriptions. Amongst the collection are not only images of the battlefields, but rare photographs of the towns, local citizens, and the landscape of the war at the time. When originally published, it was the first presentation of photographs from the private collection of Edward Bailey Eaton.
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States
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Author : Brady Mathew B
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2016-06-23
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States written by Brady Mathew B and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-23 with categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States
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Author : Francis Trevelyan Miller
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-10-12
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States written by Francis Trevelyan Miller and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-12 with History categories.
Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields during the Civil War of the United States by Francis Trevelyan Miller is a deeply moving collection that captures the stark realities of war. Through Miller's carefully curated battlefield photographs, readers are offered an unfiltered, poignant glimpse into the Civil War's harrowing events. This collection serves as a powerful reminder of the sacrifices made and the resilience of the human spirit.
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States
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Author : Mathew B. Brady
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States written by Mathew B. Brady and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Rare reproductions from photographs selected from seven thousand original negatives taken under most hazardous conditions in the midst of one of the most terrific conflicts of men that the world has ever known, and in the earliest days of photography - These negatives have been in storage vaults for more than forty years and are now the private collection of Edward Bailey Eaton. Valued at $150,000. First presentation from this historic collection made officially and exclusively by the owner.
Photography And The American Civil War
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Author : Jeff L. Rosenheim
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2013-05-07
Photography And The American Civil War written by Jeff L. Rosenheim and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with History categories.
Published to coincide with the 150th anniverary of the battle of Gettysburg, features both familiar and rarely seen Civil War images from such photographers as George Barnard, Mathew Brady, and Timothy O'Sullivan.
Lens Of War
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Author : James Matthew Gallman
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2015
Lens Of War written by James Matthew Gallman and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This set of essays by twenty-seven historians of the Civil War describes a wide array of the war's photographs, examining them in unfamiliar ways.
Brady S Civil War
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Author : Webb Garrison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-03-15
Brady S Civil War written by Webb Garrison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-15 with United States categories.
Presents a pictorial history of the Civil War using photographs taken by Mathew Brady and his assistants.
Killing Ground
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Author : John Huddleston
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2002
Killing Ground written by John Huddleston and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.
" Killing Ground is a significant contribution, a new way of looking at highly familiar images."—Shelby Foote "These haunting photographs of then and now offer a new and powerful perspective on the tragedies and triumphs—above all, the human cost—of the Civil War. John Huddleston's photographs of selected spots on dozens of battlefields of that war, juxtaposed with photographs of soldiers killed or wounded there and other contemporary illustrations, make telling points in a unique manner. This book does more than prove the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words; it tells the poignant story of the Civil War in a way that goes beyond words."—James McPherson " Killing Ground situates us uncomfortably in a terrain where living memory has only recently completed its transformation into history. John Huddleston has photographed the scenes of this vast communal hurt, from the mightiest battles to obscure actions involving a few combatants; in every instance he asks the land itself to yield up what traces it may hold of the mortal issues contested there. Suburban intersection, brushy tangle, murky pool, well-tended battle park—all are joined by a commonality that Huddleston insists we not forget: Americans died here, killed by other Americans."—Frank Gohlke In Killing Ground, John Huddleston embarks on a photographic odyssey through the modern-day landscape of the Civil War. He pairs historical images of the conflict from sixty-two battle sites across the nation—battlefield scenes, soldiers living and dead, prisoners of war, civilians, and slaves—with his own color photographs of the same locations a century and a half later, always taken at the same time of year, often at the same hour of the day. Sometimes Huddleston's lens reveals a department store or fast-food restaurant carelessly built on hallowed ground; other images depict overgrown fields or well-manicured parks. When contrasted with their mid-nineteenth-century counterparts, these indelible images challenge the meaning of place in American culture and the evolving legacy of the Civil War in our national memory.