the artists
On this page, I’ll be identifying and providing brief profiles of the artists of the Civil War era. I consider their impact on public opinion significant.
Writers
Mark Twain
An excellent summary of the life and works of Walt Whitman is available at The Walt Whitman Archive here.
Walt Whitman’s notebooks are available on the American Memory site of the Library of Congress here.
Photographers
It has been argued that photographs of the American Civil War made it the first war accessible in all its horror to those who were not a part of experiences related to combat. This section identifies the photographers who made this possible.
The Library of Congress provides a list of known photographers during the American Civil War.
Matthew Brady
Smithsonian Institute’s coverage of Matthew Brady
Biographical information is available here on the Library of Congress American Memory Collection on the Civil War.
