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Film, Video The American Civil War: 365 Days

Event video

About this Item

Title

  • The American Civil War: 365 Days

Summary

  • Writer and editor Margaret E. Wagner and historian Gary W. Gallagher discussed their new book "The American Civil War: 365 Days," which draws on the Library's incomparable collections to present a unique perspective on the conflict. Illustrated with more than 500 images, 253 in full color, the book features Mathew Brady's iconic photographs and other photos that heavily influenced public perceptions of the struggle, as well as lithographs, woodcuts and battlefield drawings. It also includes political cartoons and music covers; recruitment, political and theatrical posters; an image of the contents of Lincoln's pockets on the night he was assassinated at Ford's Theatre; illustrated letters; and Lincoln's handwritten Gettysburg Address.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-04-11.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Civil War, Abraham Lincoln
  • -  War, Military

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Gary Gallagher, Margaret Wagner.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-04-11.
  • -  Researchers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687753

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. The American Civil War: 365 Days. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-11, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687753/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2006) The American Civil War: 365 Days. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-11. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687753/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. The American Civil War: 365 Days. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -04-11, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687753/>.