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The photographic history of the Civil War (Volume I) The Opening Battles

The photographic history of the Civil War (Volume I) The Opening Battles

Francis Trevelyan Miller and Robert S La

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Fiction AnthologiesGeneral Military HistoryRegional: West

ISBN10: 9353607655
ISBN13: 9789353607654
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 10 2019
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.89
Height: 0.77 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Witness the American Civil War as its soldiers knew it: stark, immediate, unforgettable. The war begins in images. In The Photographic History of the Civil War (Volume I): The Opening Battles, Francis Trevelyan Miller gathers rare battlefield scenes and portraits into a sweeping illustrated civil war history of the conflict's first shocks. Camp life, ruined streets, early civil war battles and the faces of union and confederate armies are fixed in time, creating a civil war photography book, an american civil war photo archive brought to life. Many views echo Mathew Brady civil war photos and those of his contemporaries, immersing readers in 19th century American battlefields with a quiet power that civil war history buffs and Ken Burns civil war fans recognise. Long esteemed as one of the earliest visual chronicles of the American Civil War 1861 1865, this volume serves both as a narrative in pictures and as a dependable civil war reference book for students and general readers. Careful sequencing frames each image within the wider story of a nation sliding into total war, making the past legible without losing its human mystery. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Crafted for readers who want to lose themselves in authentic images as much as for collectors of classic military history and photography, it keeps the opening chapters of a defining struggle vividly within reach.

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