The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history / by Henry W. Elson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Elson, Henry W. (Henry William), 1857-1935.

Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896.

Civil War Semi-Centennial Society.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

16 parts (528 unnumbered pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co., [1912]

Notes:

Each part in the original illustrated blue, brown or buff paper covers, as issued weekly. Publisher's advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers.

Title from covers of parts.

"In sixteen parts, comprising a complete history of the Civil War."

"With photographs just discovered taken 50 years ago and shown to the American people nowhere else"--Pt. 1. "Illustrated by Brady war-time photographs just discovered though taken fifty years ago, together with photographs by many other war photographers, North and South"--Pts. 2-16.

Illustrations: 16 leaves of col. ill.; numerous ill. and ports. throughout the text in various sizes.

Issued under the auspices of the Civil War Semi-Centennial Society.

Local Notes:

Bound in one vol.

OCLC:

228734305