Photography

In the Civil war, photography had become a way to inform and record the entire conflict. Photos of battlefields, dead soldiers and more were now able to be printed into newspapers and the entire nation was up to date on the war, with pictures straight from the bloody battle fields. I'm not sure I have the stomach to be able to handle that.. but back then they didn't have any regulations for what ended up in the paper, and all of the war and its darkness was depicted in these photos. I have one of them in my blog under Battles and Significant Events. It is for Antietam, go check it out- if you have the guts for it. I'm just kidding, it isn't that difficult to stomach but it is pretty brutal.