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Library of Congress

Loc: Prints and Photographs: About the Civil War Photographs

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of digitized prints of the library's holding of Civil War photographs. Includes information on how the photographs were taken, as well as an interesting look at photo manipulation.
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Other

Center for Civil War Photography

For Students 9th - 10th
At the online home of the Center for Civil War Photography view reproductions of Civil War photographs, enhanced digital images, and other center exhibitions. With related information about the photographic processes in use at the time...
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Primary
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech: Special Collections: American Civil War Manuscript Guides

For Students 9th - 10th
A large repository of letters and diaries from both Union and Confederate soldiers, homefront letters, memoirs, and contemporary research files. Includes materials from the war years, 1861-1865, as well as materials from later periods...
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Other

Media Literacy Clearinghouse: Critically Viewing Photographs: Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Was it possible to manipulate photographs during the Civil War? Teach your learners about critical viewing through this innovative lesson and engage them in discussion, analysis and research to explain their findings.
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Website
Other

The Civil War Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
Anything that one might need to research or understand the American Civil War can be found on this huge web site! Photo and text database, official records and maps, battles, research pages, and much more can be found in this expansive...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Civil War Photographs: Time Line of the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline takes you through the Civil War through photographs at the Library of Congress.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Civil War Photographs: What Do You See?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students analyze a single photograph from the Library of Congress collection Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Using the skills developed, students then find and analyze other images. Conclusions reached will allow...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Civil War Photojournalism: A Record of War

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson will analyze Civil War photographs and explore how and why the American Civil War was photographed.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Selected Civil War Photographs

For Students 9th - 10th
The Selected Civil War Photographs Collection from the Library of Congress is a comprehensive collection of photographs. "The collection also includes portraits of both Confederate and Union officers, and a selection of enlisted men."...
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Other

Mike Lynaugh: Original Photographs From Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of original photos from the Civil War.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: American Treasures: A Civil War Sketch Artist

For Students 9th - 10th
A presentation on Alfred Waud, who drew for the national press during the Civil War.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Photos From the Battle of Antietam Revealed the American Civil War's Horrors

For Students 9th - 10th
In October 1862, a shocking and unique photo exhibition opened at Mathew B. Brady's Broadway gallery in New York City. A small placard at the door advertised "The Dead of Antietam," and, as The New York Times reported on October 20,...
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Primary
Other

Treasure Net Image Collection: Georgia: Civil War Photos

For Students 9th - 10th
View four different Civil War Era photos (1863 - 1865) of destruction in Georgia.
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Graphic
Ohio State University

E History at Osu: Maps & Images: Antietam

For Students 9th - 10th
Images of the Battle of Antietam. Shows the landscape of the battlefield as well as images during and the aftermath of the battle.