Southern Perspective
Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Southern Confederates throughout the Civil War. (LOC)
Southern Confederate General Robert Edward Lee standing for a portrait taken by Mathew Brady. The photo is taken in Richmond, Virginia in late April, after Lee's surrender to Grant on April 9, 1865. (NARA)
A shattered, Southern Parrott Rifle in Morris Island, South Carolina. Photographed in July or August of 1863. (LOC)
The view across a mile long bridge in Fredericksburg, Virginia looking at Confederate Troops. Photographed by Mathew Brady, a Union photographer. (NARA)
Bodies of both sides covering the ground after the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Known as "A harvest of death," this photo was taken in July of 1863 by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. (LOC)
Dead confederate soldiers lying near their muskets, behind a stone wall that was at the base of Marye's Heights near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Taken on May 3, 1863 by Mathew Brady. (NARA)
A negro Union soldier sits in front of a slave auction house in Atlanta, Georgia. The photograph was taken by George N. Barnard in 1864. (LOC)
Portrait of Southern sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, taken before he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. (NARA)
Photo of Fort Sumter, South Carolina under a Confederate Flag after the fort was taken by the Confederates beginning the American civil war in April 13, 1861. (NARA)
Fortifications of Yorktown, Virginia during the Peninsula campaign which was led by Union Major General McClellan. Taken in 1862 by James F. Gibson. (LOC)
Background
Photo of Richmond, Virginia in 1861 taken by Alexander Gardener
Photo of Richmond, Virginia in 1861 taken by Alexander Gardener