The Center for Civil War Photography
17 January 2014 “Nearly every Civil War soldier had his photograph taken by one of the more than 5,000 American photographers active at the time.” Really? Five thousand photographers? Nearly every soldier? The Gettysburg-based Center for Civil War Photography is convinced—and determined, as well, to make those photographs easily available to all of us. . . .
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A Researcher's Mindset

13 January 2014 As history researchers, we do not speculate. We test. We critically observe and carefully record. Then we weigh the accumulated evidence, analyzing the individual parts as well as the whole, without favoring any theory. Bias, ego, ideology, patronage, prejudice, pride, or shame cannot shape our decisions as we appraise our evidence. To do so is to warp reality and . . .