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The pictures that captured a nation at war:Civil War photographer's iconic photos from the front
Daily Mail UK ^
| 08/05/2013
| Associated Press Reporter
Posted on 08/06/2013 6:31:41 AM PDT by DFG
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Original title: The pictures that captured a nation at war: Civil War photographer's iconic photos from the front line show America's darkest days
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:31:41 AM PDT
by
DFG
To: DFG
Holy cow, now this is a coincidence. I was just reading about this guy not two nights ago, how he died practically blind and broke. After the war was over nobody was interested in photos from it and he had invested everything he had in them and *poof* like overnight he lost everything. I think they said at his peak he had 18 people working for him taking photos during the war and he photographed just about every celebrity alive. In other words he was like an Annie Lebovitz except he lost everything.
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:39:17 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: DFG
Why is the guy on the left stepping on Lee's foot?
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:41:05 AM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(Stupidity is not a crime, so you're free to go.)
To: FReepaholic
He isn’t, it is just the picture angle that makes it look so...
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:44:47 AM PDT
by
Wpin
("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
To: DFG
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:46:31 AM PDT
by
230FMJ
(...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
To: DFG
This is one of my all time favorite photos from the civil war just amazing.
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:47:01 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: Wpin
Ohhhh I had to do a double take!
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
This is one of my all time favorite photos from the civil war just amazing
...it vividly shows just what a stinking, slimy mess most of these encampments were...almost as bad as some of the reenactor camps that I used to participate in...
To: FReepaholic
Who is the guy on the left stepping on Lee's foot?MajGen George Washington Custis Lee, CSA.
To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Quite a picture of Sherman. The face tells so much about what he must have experienced during this long war.
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posted on
08/06/2013 6:55:18 AM PDT
by
kabar
To: kabar
Sherman was the real deal.
Contrary to popular legend, he was much loved in the South after the War. That was because he believed in "total war - but total peace" and opposed the Radical Republicans' vengeful oppression of the South.
He was an honored guest at many Confederate Veterans' association meetings, including the Eufaula Camp UCV of which my gg grandfather was Commander.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:01:55 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
To: AnAmericanMother
To: kabar
And I don’t think he was that old in that photo, maybe in his early 40s if you can believe it. No, he was in his early -mid 40s, I just looked it up. Born 1820. Amazing. War is all hell, that’s what he said. I read his autobiography, he called the Confederates “Democrats” lol
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:03:33 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: sauropod
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:04:29 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
To: DFG
My great-grandmother was named Brady and it’s rumored she was related to him. I’ve always wanted to find out.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:05:55 AM PDT
by
Nea Wood
(When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
To: DFG
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:06:04 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
To: AnAmericanMother
Can you imagine what those eyes have seen?
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:08:18 AM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
To: kabar
This is a great photo portrait.
I think Sherman is my all time favorite American General... maybe because of this picture.
With what I know from having read about his character and given this photo, he looks like a perfect SOB! This is the image of command, authority AND personal and professional resolve.
He has a face that would scare the s^%$ out of me if I was a Confederate soldier.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:08:49 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms." H. Amiel)
To: All
Lincoln on the front line w/ one of his generals.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:13:24 AM PDT
by
Liz
To: DFG
Thanks for posting this. Pics at the link are awesome.
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posted on
08/06/2013 7:17:01 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Member: NAACAC)
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