Contents
Front Cover Image
Welcome
Dedication
PREFACE
James H. Billington, The Librarian of Congress
INTRODUCTION
Gary W. Gallagher
CHAPTER ONE
TORN ASUNDER
February 1861
March 1861
April 1861
May 1861
June 1861
July 1861
August 1861
September 1861
October 1861
November 1861
December 1861
January 1862
February 1862
March 1862
April 1862
REPORTING THE WAR
CHAPTER TWO
TOWARD A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM
May 1862
June 1862
July 1862
August 1862
September 1862
October 1862
November 1862
December 1862
January 1863
February 1863
March 1863
April 1863
PHOTOGRAPHING THE WAR
CHAPTER THREE
THE HARD HAND OF WAR
May 1863
June 1863
July 1863
August 1863
September 1863
October 1863
November 1863
December 1863
January 1864
February 1864
March 1864
April 1864
“TO CARE FOR HIM WHO SHALL HAVE BORNE THE BATTLE”
CHAPTER FOUR
“THE HEAVENS ARE HUNG IN BLACK”
May 1864
June 1864
July 1864
August 1864
September 1864
October 1864
November 1864
December 1864
January 1865
February 1865
March 1865
April 1865
May 1865
EPILOGUE
Notes
Bibliography
Civil War Collections in the Library of Congress
Information About Images
Acknowledgments
Copyright