Portraits of the Civil War
A selection of images from Alexander Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War
Last spring the College purchased an original copy of Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, the source for these images by Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner. Read more about the acquisition and its classroom use in our Mar/Apr 2018 issue.
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A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Studying the Art of War
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Inspection of Troops at Cumberlanding, Pamunkey, Virginia
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Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia
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President Lincoln on Battlefield of Antietam
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Meeting of the Shenandoah and Potomac at Harper’s Ferry
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Battery D, Fifth U.S. Artillery, in Action
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Group of Confederate Prisoners at Fairfax Courthouse
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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A Sharpshooter’s Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg
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The Halt
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A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia
