Last year marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the American Civil War, a milestone commemorated by The Atlantic in a special issue (now available online). Although photography was still in its infancy, war correspondents produced thousands of images, bringing the harsh realities of the frontlines to those on the home front in a new and visceral way. As brother fought brother and the nation's future grew uncertain, the public appetite for information was fed by these images from the trenches, rivers, farms, and cities that became fields of battle. Today's collection is part 1 of 3, covering the places of the Civil War: the battleships, prisons, hospitals, urban centers, and rural pastures where history was made. Tomorrow's installment features some of the people involved in the conflict, and on Friday I'll be sharing some of the amazing three-dimensional stereographs of the war. Keep in mind, as you view these photographs, that they were taken 150 years ago -- providing a glimpse of a United States that was only 85 years old at the time. [48 photos]
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3 comments:
The sad thing about all of this is that now the history of the conflict has to be politically correct and therefore, it has been rewritten to reflect today’s interest, namely, the freeing of the enslaved blacks. When in fact, the south hated that big government was going to tell them how to live, and so they said to hell with it, were leaving the union of states and forming our own nation.
President Lincoln said before his inauguration and also during his first years in the office, that he was against the institution of slavery, BUT, he would not interfere with it, nor abolish it, this war was not about slavery, but to save the union of states.
This is a fact that is now being left out of today’s history lessons. Lincoln’s remarks about the conflict and not about freeing slaves can be read at the national archives, if anyone doubts this.
Lincoln worse president ever, he should have let the south go. Ignorant blowhards then and now still dragging the country down.
does anyone know if they still hold reinactments around harpers ferry area
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