The Civil War Through the Camera: A Complete Illustrated History of the Civil War

by Henry W. Elson

Book Overview

1912. Hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times. Sixteen reproductions of Famous War Paintings. With The New Text History. From bombardment of Fort Sumter to the Union Cavalry's triumphant victory parade down Pennsylvania Avenue, here is America's bloodiest and most dramatic struggle captured for eternity in hundreds of photographs and penetrating commentary. No historical narrative could, on its own, convey the grim bitterness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0405122942
• ISBN13: 9780405122941
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Arno Press
• Length: 750 Pages
• Weight: 3.85 lbs.