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Powerful Images of the American Civil War

Created on Sep 01, 2016 by Kathy Pinna

From April 1861 through May 1865, over ¾ of a million soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War.

It remains the largest loss of US life in any single war and the effects of that war endure to the present day. These are the photos of the men (and women!) who participated in the tragedy of the Civil War.

Some are snapshots of their daily lives, some are photos of famous warriors. All of them bring to life the American Civil War.

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Photos of the United States Civil War

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106th Ohio Infantry, 1864

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Mary Edwards Walker, Civil War Doctor

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General Grant, 1864

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Civil War doctor

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Civil War soldier Frances Clalin Clayton

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She used the name "Jack Williams"

Antietam Battlefield, 1862

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1860 photo of Mary Edwards Walker

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Confederate prisoners, 1864

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Andersonville Prisoner Reunion

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Andersonville in 1864

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Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

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Union artillery park, 1862

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A big pile of cannonballs!

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Lincoln at Antietam

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Army wagons, Virginia

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Major General George Armstrong Custer

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Custer, Confederate prisoner, and the prisoner's slave

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The Federal Navy, 1861

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The siege of Petersburg VA

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The deck of the USS Monitor

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Civil War ambulance corps

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Army of the Potomac

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1st Massachusetts Cavalry

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Jefferson Davis 1885

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Lincoln's 1865 inauguration

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12th Infantry Regiment Iowa

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