Learn more about photography during the Civil War, from techniques used in the 1860s — including 3-D photography — to what photos can reveal about battles to tips on taking photos yourself on the battlefield.
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Step Into a Historic Photo at Antietam: Hagerstown Pike
Join Garry Adelman as he "steps in" to Alexander Gardner's famous 1862 photograph of the Confederate dead along the Hagerstown Pike at Antietam. View...
Artillery at Antietam: Step Into this Historic Photo
On September 20, 1862, Alexander Gardner arrived at the Antietam Battlefield to photograph the aftermath of the bloodiest day in American history...
Step Into a Historic Photo at the Burnside Bridge
Garry Adelman "steps in" to Alexander Gardner's 1862 photograph showing Civil War graves at the Burnside Bridge after the Battle of Antietam. View the...
Step Into a Historic Photo at Antietam's Dunker Church
"Step in" to history with Garry Adelman as he stands where Alexander Gardner did as he took his famous 1862 photo of the Dunker church after the...
Step Into Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War
On May 21, 1864 war photographer Timothy O'Sullivan took a series of photos of Ulysses S. Grant's Council of War during the Overland Campaign. The...
Step Into The Sunken Road at Fredericksburg
Kris White visits the location of Andrew Russell's famous 1863 photograph at the Sunken Road after the Second Battle of Fredericksburg. View the 360°...
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