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New Reports Everyone wants news of the war, which is both frustrating and horrifying. After big battles, newspapers often publish long lists of casualties, with names of all those fallen in battle. People scanning these lists are hoping not to see any names they recognize. |
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Union Families in Camp Families are sometimes allowed into army camps, away from the battlefield. | |||||||||
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Officer's Quarters Federal officer at his headquarters hut, with wife. | |||||||||
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Confederate Soldiers There are no photographers in the South, so photos of Southerners in the war are rare | |||||||||
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Scouts and guides A rough and ready bunch that moves out ahead of the Union army, for reconnaissance | |||||||||
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Military Telegraph Corps This group follows behind the Union army, stretching telegraph wires to army headquarters in the field | |||||||||