Original Photographs Taken On The Battlefields During The Civil War Of The United States Classic Reprint

Author : Mathew B. Brady
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 130 pages
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Release : 2016-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 133371484X

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Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States (Classic Reprint) by Mathew B. Brady Pdf

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.

Author : Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Hartford, Connecticut
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields during the Civil War of the United States (Illustrations) by Francis Trevelyan Miller Pdf

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...

Author : Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547595144

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Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields during the Civil War of the United States by Francis Trevelyan Miller Pdf

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.

Author : Brady Mathew B
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1318072212

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Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States by Brady Mathew B Pdf

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.

Author : Mathew B. Brady,Alexander Gardner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1096812192

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Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States by Mathew B. Brady,Alexander Gardner Pdf

Author : Mathew B. Brady
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1419798227

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Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States by Mathew B. Brady Pdf

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.

Author : Francis Trevelyan Miller
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0331534762

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The Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 1 of 10 by Francis Trevelyan Miller Pdf

Excerpt from The Photographic History of the Civil War, Vol. 1 of 10: The Opening Battles Readers as well as publishers are also indebted to the collectors, historical societies, and others who have furnished hundreds Of long-treasured photographs, unwilling that. The history should appear without presenting many important scenes Of which no actual illustrations had ever before been available to the public. Hence the Civil War - time photographs in the present. Work are not only several times as numerous as those in any previous publication, but also include many hundreds of scenes that will come as a reve lation even to historians and special scholars - photographs taken within the lines Of the Confederate armies and of the hosts in the hiississippi Valley, whose fighting was no less momentous than the Eastern battles, but in the nature Of things could not be as quickly or as fully heralded. With these additions to the brady-gardner collection - the loss and rediscoverv of which Mr. Henry Wysham Lanier's introductory narrates - it is now possible for the first time to present comprehensively the men and scenes and types Of the American epic, in photographs. 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.

Author : David J. Eicher
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 0252022734

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The Civil War in Books by David J. Eicher Pdf

With the assistance of several scholars, including James M. McPherson and Gary Gallagher, and a long-time specialist in Civil War books, Ralph Newman, David Eicher has selected for inclusion in The Civil War in Books the 1,100 most important books on the war. These are organized into categories as wide-ranging as "Battles and Campaigns," "Biographies, Memoirs, and Letters," "Unit Histories," and "General Works." The last of these includes volumes on black Americans and the war, battlefields, fiction, pictorial works, politics, prisons, railroads, and a host of other topics. Annotations are included for all entries in the work, which is presented in an oversized 8 1/2 x 11 inch volume in two-column format. Appendixes list "prolific" Civil War publishers and other Civil War bibliographies, and the works included in Eicher's mammoth undertaking are indexed by author or editor and by title. Gary Gallagher's foreword traces the development of Civil War bibliographies and declares that Eicher's annotation exceeds that of any previous comprehensive volume. The Civil War in Books, Gallagher believes, is "precisely the type of guide" that has been needed. The first full-scale, fully-annotated bibliography on the Civil War to appear in more than thirty years, Eicher's The Civil War in Books is a remarkable compendium of the best reading available about the worst conflict ever to strike the United States. The bibliography, the most valuable reference book on the subject since The Civil War Day by Day, will be essential for college and university libraries, dealers in rare and secondhand books, and Civil War buffs.

Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : Salamander Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : United States
ISBN : UVA:X004479334

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Brady's Civil War by Webb Garrison Pdf

With the outbreak of the American Civil War, Mathew Brady a successful portrait photographer, turned his attention to the scenes of war that surrounded him. This volume contains more than 300 photographs taken by Brady, including images of military leaders, battle and the home front.

Author : Henry William 1857- Elson,Mathew B Ca 1823-1896 Brady,Civil War Semi-Centennial Society
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1297817508

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The Civil War Through the Camera by Henry William 1857- Elson,Mathew B Ca 1823-1896 Brady,Civil War Semi-Centennial Society Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Henry W. Elson,McKinlay Stone and Mackenizie
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 053042987X

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The Civil War Through the Camera Hundreds of Vivid Photographs Actually Taken in Civil War Times by Henry W. Elson,McKinlay Stone and Mackenizie Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Francis Miller
Publisher : Standard International Print Group
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781600815669

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A Photographic History of The Civil War by Francis Miller Pdf

The Photographic History of the Civil War was first published in 1911 to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the great conflict. These volumes were dedicated to the American People in tribute to the courage and the valor with which they met one of the greatest crises that a nation has ever known. A crisis that changed the course of civilization. Contained within are thousands of photographs as well as the rise of photographic journalism during a conflict. This series offers a unique record of one of the greatest conflicts in the history of mankind. Included in this series are maps to mark the battles and line-art decorations that give the reader an authentic feel of the era. The photographs in this series can be viewed as art, history or more importantly journalism. Covering every aspect of war- from the frontline to everyday life- these volumes are a testament to the conflict and the country which emerged from it. The Opening Battles is a record of the opening days of the war. It covers the first of the great campaigns until engagements ending in July of 1862.

Author : Henry William 1857 Elson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1360566791

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CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE CAMERA H by Henry William 1857 Elson Pdf

Author : Springfield Patriot Publishing Co,Henry William Elson,Civil War Semi-Centennial Society
Publisher : Arkose Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1345588550

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The Civil War Through the Camera, Hundreds of Vivid Photographs Actually Taken in Civil War Times, Together with Elson's New History by Springfield Patriot Publishing Co,Henry William Elson,Civil War Semi-Centennial Society Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Francis Trevelyan Miller,Robert S 1880- Lanier,James Verner Fmo Scaife
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 102194548X

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The Photographic History of the Civil War .. by Francis Trevelyan Miller,Robert S 1880- Lanier,James Verner Fmo Scaife Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive visual record of the American Civil War, featuring hundreds of photographs taken by some of the era's most prominent photographers. The images capture the major battles, key figures, and everyday life of soldiers and civilians alike, offering a powerful testament to the impact of this defining moment in American history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.