| Description |
256 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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"A Salamander book"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
A pictorial history of the Civil War, using photographs taken by Mathew Brady and his assistants. |
| Contents |
Civilian and military leaders -- Companies and regiments -- Dress and insignia -- Camp life -- The battlefields -- The weapons -- War on the water -- Transportation -- Feats of engineering -- Specialists -- The sick and wounded -- The care givers -- Flotsam and Jetsam -- A land laid waste -- Photographing the war. |
| Biography |
Mathew B. Brady was one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel F.B. Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. |
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Webb Garrison, formerly Associate Dean of Emory University and President of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, of which more than a dozen concern the American Civil War. Before his death in 2000, Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Portraits.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Biography -- Civil War, 1861-1865. -- Portraits.
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1865
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. (OCoLC)fst01423873
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Portraits. (OCoLC)fst01423831
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Illustrated works.
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| Added Author |
Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Garrison, Webb, 1919-2000. Brady's Civil War. New York : Lyons Press, ©2000 (OCoLC)988770611 |
| ISBN |
9781585741229 |
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1585741221 |
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