The Photographic History of the Civil War: The Decisive Battles

Photographic History of the Civil War #3

by Francis Trevelyan Miller (Series Editor), Henry W. Elson, Frederick Dent Grant (Introduction)

Contains over 200 b&w historic photographs by important Civil War photographers Mathew Brady, Timothy O'Sullivan & Alexander Gardener, as well as many other combat photographers. This volume focuses on the decisive battles that took place during the last ear of the Civil More...War - Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Gettysburg & Richmond.

Genres: Civil War, Photography, American Civil War, History

353 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1911

About the author

Francis Trevelyan Miller (1877–1959) was an American writer and film-maker. He is known for his books about exploration, travel and photography. Notable works from him including several books about the American Civil War, such as The Photographic History of the Civil War, in Ten Volumes (New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1912). Another of his significant works is "History of WWII: Armed Services Memorial Edition." He has also made several feature films and wrote the screenplay for the 1919 film Deliverance about Helen Keller. In 1955 his photograph of children at a Chicago funfair was selected by Edward Steichen for MoMA's world-touring The Family of Man exhibition.

Reviews

[carl theaker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Volume 3 of 10 : ‘The Decisive Battles’ covers the grinding down of the South, which finds ways to carry on when all is lost.

The many photographs in this volume include a handful taken from the Southern side. I hadn’t realized that many photographs taken by Southerners were destroyed immediately after the war as people didn’t want reminders of the defeat.

The combat of the Civil War are covered in the first 3 volumes, each remaining volume deals with a special side of the conflict such as cavalry, soldier life, forts, prisons and other special events.

As with format of all ten volumes, this 1911 publication is a delight in itself, the edges of the pages adorned with illustrations, the fonts of the titles and text, all a treasure in itself.