Bibliographies of Selected Sources

Sources for more information on photography and photographers from the Civil War era.

  • Publications Describing Library of Congress Civil War Holdings Milhollen, Hirst D., comp. Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1977. Call number: E468.7 .U57 1977 [P&P] 1,047 Civil War photographs from the Library of Congress's collection were originally published as a microfilm in 1961. This publication serves as the catalog for the microfilm, listing titles, dates, and copy negative numbers for each image. The microfilm and an accompanying index were…
  • Civil War Photographers Mathew Brady Cobb, Josephine. "Mathew B. Brady's Photographic Gallery in Washington." Records of the Columbia Historical Society, (1953-56): 28-69. Josephine Cobb was the Archivist-in-charge of the Still Picture Branch at the National Archives. Her article provides a scholarly account of Brady's Washington, DC, photographic studio.
  • Civil War Photography Davis, William C., ed. The Image of War, 1861-1865. New York: Doubleday & Co., 1984. Call number: E468.7 .F53 1983 [P&P Civil War] A six volume illustrated history of the Civil War.
  • Civil War - General Bibliography and Web Sites Catton, Bruce. The Centennial History of the Civil War. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1961-1965. __________ Mr. Lincoln's Army. 1951. Reprint. New York: Anchor Books, 1990. Coddington, Edwin B. The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command. 1968. Reprint. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1989. Foner, Eric. Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877. New York: Harper & Row, 1988. __________ A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877.…