The American Civil War was the most photographed conflict of the 19th century. Images were widely copied and distributed to the public via newspapers, prints, and carte de visite. Roughly 70% of the w
New Ironsides and monitor class ironclads engaging Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, SC. September 8, 1863 – George S. Cook
USS New Ironsides and five monitor-class warships engaging Forts Wagner and Gregg in Charleston harbor, S.C., in what is one of the world's first combat action photographs, taken September 5 or 6, 1863. Haas & Peale
Post civil war picture alleging "Pickets cooking their rations. Reserve picket fort near Fredericksburg, December 9, 1862"
Picture of alleged "Confederate dead on Matthews Hill, Bull Run" Brady Handy Collection
Alexander Gardner was a Scottish-American photographer who immigrated to the United States in 1856, where he began to work full-time in that profession. He is best known for his photographs of the Ame
Photographers of the American Civil War
…the armies and ultimately fulfill the difficult task of recording for posterity a timely, consecutive photographic history of the American Civil War. Alexander Gardner (1821–1882) was born in Paisley, Scotland. He became an apprentice silversmith jeweller at the age of fourteen. Soon, Gardner found out that his interests…
Gardner in 1863
Alexander Gardner, 1860s
A carte de visite of a US Navy Lieutenant of US Civil war 1861–1865 Gardner studio
Title page of Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War (1866), design by Alfred R. Waud.