Barnard and Gardner Civil War Photographs

Documentary photographs by George N. Barnard and Alexander Gardner highlighting William T. Sherman's campaign and the Civil War.

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About the Digital Collection

Some of the most celebrated, recognizable, and graphic images of the American Civil War come from Alexander Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War and George N. Barnard’s Photographic Views of Sherman’s Campaign, both published in 1866. Among the most important pictorial records of the conflict, together they shed a stark light on the destruction witnessed during the war and its aftermath. As legendary examples of early American photography these albums also help us to understand the history of documentary photography and the emergence of the widespread documentation of war.


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