On the Modern Colorization of Photographs
A visitor to the MI table at the recent Ohio Civil War Show in Mansfield was surprised to learn that the photographs reproduced here are not colorized. He assumed that Military
Category: 2015 Summer
Prominent Historians Focus on Memorable Photographs in Lens of War
Have you ever wondered how historians feel about the photographs they encounter as part of their profession? This thought occurred to two professors and well-known students of Civil War photography,
Stories Yet to Be Told
Dan Schwab appreciates the connection that old photos make to long lost volunteers in blue and gray. “When I hold an image in my hand, I know that the soldier
They Laid Down Their Lives for the Flag: The 6th U.S. Colored Infantry
By Candice Zollars On July 6, 1863, in the wake of the Gettysburg Campaign, Frederick Douglass proclaimed: “Young men of Philadelphia, you are without excuse. The hour has arrived, and
Unadorned Backdrops
Photographers in camp and other temporary locations usually left their elaborately painted backdrops at home in the studio. Big and expensive, these scenic environments were not desirable travel companions. Camera
Cruel Twist of Fate
By Scott Valentine As a young boy, Richard Walter Scott Martin could be found bandaging injured stray dogs and nursing orphaned hatchlings, as well as doctoring animals on his family
“Headquarters for Pictures”
By Steven Karnes and Ronald S. Coddington Union Gen. Samuel P. Carter had a tough job. As provost marshal general of East Tennessee, his Knoxville headquarters was a beehive of
The Tintype That Proved a Pension Claim
By Andrew L. Slap Dave Warrington might never have joined the Union army. But the Missouri-born farmer, 28, agreed to don a blue uniform after another man who had been
Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Circa 1849
Almost a decade-and-a-half before his timely actions at the Battle of Gettysburg earned him renown as the “Hero of Little Round Top,” young Gouverneur Kemble Warren sat for this rare
Confederate Soldiers (and a couple Union Military Images)
A trio of Confederate officers, likely from the same company or regiment, strike a Napoleonic pose for the photographer. Armed with infantry swords and wearing Pattern 1851 waist belt plates,