![]() Photographs show camp life, routines, war preparations, the moments just prior to battle, and the aftermath of battle. Their images depict the multiple aspects of the war except one crucial element: battle. Mathew Brady and his associates, most notably Alexander Gardner, George Barnard, and Timothy O'Sullivan, photographed many battlefields, camps, towns, and people touched by the war. The National Archives and Records Administration makes available on-line over 6,000 digitized images from the Civil War. The sociology of the American Civil War can be viewed through a medium that was coming of age in the middle of the 19th century: photography. Today, America defines itself from that point forward, as it still seeks a more perfect union and equality for all its citizens. The rights of states and the issue of slavery propelled the country into civil war. ![]() Still, the young country struggled for 75 years to find a graceful balance between the power of the federal government and the several states. The formation of the Constitution corrected the autonomy of individual states that the Articles of Confederation did not harness. ![]() Many historians call the Civil War the central event in U.S. The Civil War as Photographed by Mathew Brady Background ![]()
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