The American Civil War Online: Free Access Through June 30
From e-mail:

Alexander Street Press is pleased to announce the beta release of our newest online Civil War collection: Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters, and Ephemera. This deeply indexed collection of 70,000 contemporaneous images lets you easily find and view images covering casualties, home life, prisons, hospitals, weaponry, transportation, political and military leaders, and more. Search for images associated with a particular battle or campaign; find images by place, photographer, or publisher; or locate pictures by setting (interior, exterior, or studio photographs). This collection has been designed to meet the needs of history scholars and researchers.

The current beta release features just a small sample of what the collection will soon offer. Most of the photographs in Images of the American Civil War will be rare, previously unpublished, and never before available online; and all are deeply indexed, carefully represented in high resolution, and cross-searchable for the first time.

As part of our comprehensive Civil War package, The American Civil War Online, access to the beta version of Images of the American Civil War is freely available through June 30th. No registration is required and you can begin your research immediately.

Includes:

• Illustrated Civil War Newspapers and Magazines: Important and Rare Periodicals from Confederate, Union, Abolitionist, and British Presses
• The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries
• The American Civil War Research Database®
• Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters, and EphemeraSource: Meg Keller, Alexander Street Press

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