Project Gutenberg 2013-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 351 Elson, Henry W. (Henry William) 1857 1935 Elson, Henry William Brady, Mathew B. 1896 Brady, M. B. (Mathew B.) Brady, Matthew B. The Civil War Through the Camera E-text prepared by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://archive.org/details/americana) "The Civil War Through the Camera" by Henry W. Elson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work presents an illustrated history of the American Civil War, featuring hundreds of vivid photographs taken during the war and offering a narrative that supplements these images. The book aims to provide a truthful representation of the conflict, striving for an impartial perspective on events and figures that shaped this pivotal moment in American history. The opening of the book discusses the critical events surrounding the beginning of the Civil War, particularly the surrender of Fort Sumter and the ensuing conflict that captivated the nation. It recounts Major Robert Anderson's fateful decision at the fort, the subsequent reactions from both Northern and Southern fronts, and highlights the tumultuous events leading up to the First Battle of Bull Run. The narrative is interspersed with illustrations that depict key figures and battles, creating a vivid context for the historical accounts that follow throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42655/42655-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works E456 Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare Category: History - American Category: History - Warfare 1032941 2025-06-17T09:28:00.728724 text/html 1032821 2013-05-06T22:06:58 text/html 25727211 2025-06-17T09:28:23.853594 application/epub+zip 25731788 2025-06-17T09:28:05.920726 application/epub+zip 455546 2025-06-17T09:28:03.137727 application/epub+zip 25956396 2025-06-17T09:28:39.671538 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 25848506 2025-06-17T09:28:20.261627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 641315 2022-09-19T13:16:53.157582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 902106 2023-09-18T12:49:12.751032 text/plain 16507 2025-06-17T09:28:40.003605 application/rdf+xml 13268 2025-06-17T09:28:03.295742 image/jpeg 1872 2025-06-17T09:28:03.217678 image/jpeg 27062900 2025-06-17T09:28:02.149692 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia