Civil War Photos

Reed Bontecou's groundbreaking photography used a new medium to bring attention to the wounds of war

A number of Reddit users have taken it upon themselves to convert a slew of Civil War photos into beautiful color.

I just have so many questions about this photo.

TIME colorized some of the most iconic images of the Civil War

“Sergeant William T. Biedler, 16 years old, of Company C, Mosby's Virginia Cavalry Regiment with flintlock musket, c. 1861-85”

I found this Civil War story fascinating so I applied my genealogy research skills to finding the details behind it all.

In remembrance of the soldiers who served in the Civil War, the Liljenquist Family donated their rare collection of over 700 photographs to the Library of Congress

This Civil War poster can be accessed at life of a soldier. Readers can pan

14th Connecticut Private Oliver Dart was grievously wounded at Fredericksburg on Dec. 13, 1862. (Image courtesy Alan Crane) A tattered CDV of Oliver Dart was found among papers in his pension file at the National Archives. Like this blog on Facebook | Follow me on Twitter Within a year of his regiment's ill-fated charge at Fredericksburg, Oliver Dart Jr. faced another great trial: a sitting for a photograph at a studio on Main Street in Hartford, Conn. The resulting carte-de-visite, found in…

The American Civil War, fought between 1861 and 1865, claimed 620,000 lives - nearly as many American casualties as every other war fought by the United States combined.