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TitleCivil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress)NoteCollection title devised.Most photographs were taken during the American Civil War under the supervision of Mathew B. Brady. Photographers represented by more than 20 images include George N. Barnard, Alexander Gardner, James Gibson, Timothy H. O'Sullivan, and William Morris Smith.Includes some 7,200 wet collodion glass negatives, 8 x 10 in. or smaller, and 66 modern black-and-white photographic prints, 8 x 10 in. or smaller. The prints are copies made by the Library ca. 1960 of ambrotypes, tintypes, and other portraits of enlisted men in private collections.Captions for individual photos come from information on the negatives, paper sleeves that housed the negatives, and log books prepared by the Library from these sources and reference works. (The Library's original log books are in the P&P Supplementary Archives.)Additional physical form: Digitized images in the collection and their associated identifying information are also available through the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog,Additional physical form: Digitized images were available through the Library of Congress American Memory Web site produced in 1997 and called Selected Civil War photographs; closed in 2013.Additional physical form: Available on 2 reels of microfilm; Published as Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1961) Applies To: Selections from Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection Additional physical form: CD-ROM; Austin, Tex. : Stokes Imaging Services, 1994.The bulk of the photographs were selected from the Anthony-Taylor-Rand-Ordway-Eaton Collection by the Library of Congress for inclusion in a microfilm in 1961. Additional images of enlisted men were selected from various sources by the Library's American Memory project. Additional information about the collection's history is available online at,Finding aid (published): 1,047 of the images have captions in a booklet that accompanies a published microfilm with reproductions of negatives.Could not render: bf:electronicLocatorCould not render: bf:electronicLocatorExtentca. 7,200 photographsProvision ActivityProduction: United States 1860/1960 inclusive collection dates Publication: ca. 1860-1960, bulk 1861-1865. Usage And Access PolicyNo known restrictions on publication.