Photographs Mailed To and Received From Home
Kraig McNutt, who is currently researching a book about the 58th Indiana Infantry, discovered a post office report in the Jan. 29, 1862, issue of Indiana’s Evansville Daily Journal. Addressed
Category: Military Anthropologist
Survey: The Rise in Popularity of Photograph Albums, 1860s
A search of Newspapers.com reveals American photographers first advertised the availability of cartes de visite, or card photographs, in 1860. The French import did not cross the Atlantic alone. Photograph
Photo Survey: Marked Differences of Formats in Southern States
An MI survey of 190 identified Confederate portraits published in the magazine reveals format variations in six Southern states. SPREAD THE WORD: We encourage you to share this story on social
Photo Survey: Greater Percentage of Ambrotypes in the South, Cartes in the North
Students of Civil War photography are aware that surviving portraits of U.S. soldiers are much higher in number than their C.S. counterparts. This disparity is explained by the North’s larger
Survey: How Photographers Cancelled Revenue Stamps
The federal government levied a tax on photographs to generate revenue to offset heavy expenses caused by the Civil War. Known by some as the “Sun Tax,” it was implemented
Zouave Mania Eclipses Hussars and Chasseurs
For much of the first half of the 19th century, Chasseurs, Hussars and Zouaves received scant mention in U.S. newspapers. In fact, Zouaves were not mentioned until 1836. Everything changed
Press Coverage of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, May-November 1863
The Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Gettysburg decided the fate of the Southern armies, and ultimately the Confederate nation. Gettysburg went down in history as the best remembered