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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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HOW THE SECRET SERVICE GAVE RISK TO THE COMPLETE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD OF SOLDIER LIFE It is quite astonishing to discover that the immense collection of photographs reflecting the soldier lifeof 1861-65 so intimately and vividly had its rise in secret-service work. It is literally true, however, thatAlexander Gardners privileges of photographing at headquarters and within the Federal lines, at a thousandhistoric spots and moments, resulted entirely from the desire of the authorities to insure the strictest secrecyfor their movements. Obviously, any commander was pretty much at the mercy of the individual whocopied the maps, charts, and the like for his secret service. Through an untrustworthy or careless employeethe most zealously guarded secrets of contemplated destinations or routes might reach the adversary. Thework of preparing these maps, therefore, was confided to Alexander Gardner, the brilliant Scotchman (14)
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PHOTOGRAPHERAND SOLDIER, 1862,AS THE ARMIES PAUSEDAFTER McCLELLANS ATTEMPT OX RICHMOND COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB brought to America and instructed in the photographic art by Brady himself. He proved so trustworthythat he was permitted in his spare time to indulge his hobby of photographing the soldiers themselves—a useless hobby it seemed then, since there was no way of reproducing the pictures direct on the printedpage. But Gardner, first and last an artist, worked so patiently and indefatigably that, before the cam-paign was over, he had secured thousands of outdoor views which, with the many that Brady took in 01and part of 62, and later in the path of Grants final campaign from the Wilderness to Richmond, formthe nucleus of the collection presented herewith. Needless to say, Gardner did not break faith with hisemployers or pass any of these photographs to Southern sympathizers, or through the Confederate lines.

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