Antietam: the photographic legacy of America's bloodiest day

Abstract

During the battle that left twenty-six thousand Civil War soldiers dead or wounded, two photographers recorded the grim battlefield scenes, a study of war's carnage that horrified the American public.

Contents

The quest for reality -- Bringing the war home -- The evolution of early war photography -- American cameramen go to war -- Photography at Antietam -- The Antietam photographs -- The presentation -- The East Bank and Antietam Bridge -- The Miller Farm -- The West Woods -- Bloody Lane -- Burnside Bridge -- The photographic legacy of Antietam.