The first major conflict to be comprehensively documented. Through the lenses of Brady, Gardner, and O’Sullivan, explore the grim reality of the battlefield and the birth of the modern visual war record.
| Introduction |
| 1 | The Photographic History of the Civil War |
| Photographic techniques and processes |
| 2 | Reasons for the popularity of the tintype during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 3 | Cartes de visite during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 4 | Stereocard series on the American Civil War |
| 5 | American Civil War (1861-1865): Photograph albums |
| 6 | Advertising for photograph albums during the American Civil War |
| Cameras |
| 7 | American Civil War (1861-1865): Cameras |
| 8 | Mathew Brady: Camera |
| Photographic teams and photographic vans |
| 9 | Photographer teams and photographic vans during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| Contemporary photographic books |
| 10 | Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War (1866) |
| Composite photographs and photomontage |
| 11 | Photomontage during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 12 | George N. Barnard: Composite photographs during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| Battles, campaigns and events |
| 13 | Fort Sumter (12-13 April 1861) |
| 14 | First Battle of Bull Run (21 July 1861) |
| 15 | Battle of Shiloh (6-7 April 1862) |
| 16 | Alexander Gardner: The Battle of Antietam (September-October 1862) |
| 17 | Battle of Fredericksburg (13 December 1862) |
| 18 | Battle of Chancellorsville (30 April – 6 May 1863) |
| 19 | Battle of Gettysburg (1-3 July 1863) |
| 20 | The Battle of Gettysburg and photographic evidence (July 1863) |
| 21 | Siege of Vicksburg (4 July 1863) |
| 22 | Overland Campaign (May – June 1864) |
| 23 | Timothy O'Sullivan: A council of war at Massaponax Church, VA (21 May 1864) |
| 24 | G.O. Brown (active 1860-1889): Battlefield of the Wilderness |
| 25 | Fall of Atlanta (2 September 1864) |
| 26 | Appomattox Court House (9 April 1865) |
| Tax revenue stamps |
| 27 | Revenue stamps during the American Civil War |
| Themes |
| 28 | Breastworks and fortifications during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 29 | Weapons of the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 30 | Railways and the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 31 | American Civil War (1861-1865): Balloons |
| 32 | Naval warfare during the American Civil War |
| 33 | Prisons and prisoners during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 34 | Animals of the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 35 | Old Abe |
| 36 | American Civil War (1861-1865): Copying maps |
| 37 | George N. Barnard: Panoramas (1864) |
| 38 | American Civil War (1861-1865): Censorship |
| 39 | Propaganda during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 40 | A.C. Kline: Jeff Davis "taking" Washington |
| 41 | Commanders and officers of the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 42 | Soldiers of the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 43 | Oliver H. Willard: American Army uniforms (ca 1865) |
| 44 | American Civil War (1861-1865): Portraits in brass bezels |
| 45 | Camp life during American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 46 | Spies of the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 47 | Families of the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 48 | Refugees during the American Civil War (1862-1865) |
| 49 | American Civil War (1861-1865): African-Americans |
| 50 | American Civil War (1861-1865): The dead |
| 51 | John Reekie: Collecting Remains of the Dead |
| 52 | Death and dying during the American Civil War |
| 53 | Placing photographs on the dead during the American Civil War |
| 54 | Ghastly Photographic Experiences (1882) |
| 55 | William H. Mumler: Spirit photography |
| 56 | Patriotic and military backgrounds for portraits during the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| 57 | McPherson and Oliver: American Civil War |
| Charity |
| 58 | The United States Sanitary Commission |
| 59 | Metropolitan Fair, New York (1864) |
| 60 | The Great Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia (1864) |
| 61 | Charity during the American Civil War: The Children of the Battlefield |
| 62 | Charity soon after American Civil War: Benjamin Franklin |
| 63 | Veterans of the American Civil War (1861-1865) |
| War injuries and medical claims |
| 64 | Major General Henry Barnum |
| 65 | Private George Lemon |
| 66 | R.B. Bontecou: Surgical injuries and their treatment during the American Civil War |
| 67 | William H. Bell: Medical injuries during the American Civil War |
| 68 | George A. Otis: Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens (1867 or later) |
| People |
| 69 | Abraham Lincoln: A photographic legacy |
| Aftermath |
| 70 | Portraits of the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
| 71 | Alexander Gardner: Execution of the conspirators who assassinated Abraham Lincoln (7 July 1865) |
| 72 | Abraham Lincoln: Mourning |
| Popular culture |
| 73 | Use of a cased photograph in the film "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) |
| Colourising the past |
| 74 | Colourising the past |
| Photographic analysis |
| 75 | 1st Lieutenant Henry. B. Loomis, adjutant of the 56th New York Infantry Regiment (Evolving case study) |
| Contemporary reappraisals |
| 76 | Contemporary reappraisals of the American Civil War |
| 77 | Sally Mann: Last Measure |
| Conclusions |
| 78 | Concluding remarks on the American Civil War |
