Group of Confederate Prisoners

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Description

This is a photograph of a group of Confederate prisoners. The Civil War was the first large and prolonged conflict recorded by the camera. Mathew Brady and other photographers—most notably Alexander Gardner, George Barnard, and Timothy O’Sullivan—photographed many battlefields, camps, towns, and people touched by the war.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer.

National Archives Identifier: 530333

Full Citation: 111-B-6262; Photograph of a Group of Confederate Prisoners; 1861; Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921 – 1940; Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Record Group 111; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/group-of-confederate-prisoners/, March 30, 2026]

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