Photographs from the Civil War

“The Dying Soldier” by H.P. Simmons

Photograph of Dead Soldiers

“Sherman’s Foragers on a Georgia Plantation” by James E. Taylor

Photograph of the Destruction of Charleston, S.C.

Leaders of the Civil War

The outer edge of the Union line at the Battle of Nashville, 1864

A Soldier’s Life

Soldiers preparing food around a campfire.

Union soldiers gathered around playing cards.

Union drum corps in the Civil War

William Black, 12 years old, the youngest wounded soldier in the Civil War

A fourteen year old Confederate soldier

A field hospital during the Seven Day Campaign in Virginia

A photograph of an amputation

Confederate soldiers on the move in Maryland, before the Battle of Antietam

A photograph taken two days after the Battle of Antietam

Burial detail - VA, 1865

Richmond, VA

A drawing of Richmond during the Civil War.

A photo after the war.

Works Cited

• http://www.civilwar.si.edu/lincoln_mcclellanlincoln.html#

• http://www.civilwar.si.edu/lincoln_mcclellanlincoln.html#

• http://digital.nypl.org/mmpco/browseSresults.cfm?&trg=3&subject=79604&strucID=581529&pstrucid=569751&title=Sherman%27S%20Foragers%20On%20A%20Georgia%20Plantation%2E&dstart=1

• http://www.Civilwarphotos.net

• http://www.Archives.gov