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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

 Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Mark Twain

Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman

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 BradyPhotographer Matthew Brady National Archives Ref. #111- B-1074

Smithsonian Institute’s coverage of Matthew Brady 

Biographical  information is available here on the Library of Congress American Memory Collection on the Civil War.

  

  

  

Artists

Winslow Homer