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From back in the days when I accompanied Mathew Brady.

 

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The theme reminds me at the best documentation I ever saw about war.

The reason I was so impressed was the way Ken Burns did it

Personal letters and these striking portraits from the soldiers made just

at the beginning of photography created a style I never saw before

 

I really recommend it: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/

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The theme reminds me at the best documentation I ever saw about war.

The reason I was so impressed was the way Ken Burns did it

Personal letters and these striking portraits from the soldiers made just

at the beginning of photography created a style I never saw before

 

I really recommend it: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/

I watched the series the first time around and loved it. Very well done and probably an accurate picture of how horrible war can be. Our local PBS station isn't airing the HD version for some reason.

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The theme reminds me at the best documentation I ever saw about war.

The reason I was so impressed was the way Ken Burns did it

Personal letters and these striking portraits from the soldiers made just

at the beginning of photography created a style I never saw before

 

I really recommend it: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/civil-war/

 

 

Old pictures from this time shown in museums present more poorly fed soldiers... :)

 

 

I watched the series the first time around and loved it. Very well done and probably an accurate picture of how horrible war can be. Our local PBS station isn't airing the HD version for some reason.

 

 

True. I think the guy in the back has been stealing rations. He is no longer able to button his jacket. ;)

 

 

Brent, great photo.  The army then is like it is now - Hurry and Wait.  

 

The Ken Burns series was awesome.  Civil War re-enactors are interesting.  They are almost a cult.  If you want to know about the re-enactors there is an excellent book called Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz.  Some re-enactors take their roles to extremes, like not bathing the week before an event, spending thousands for replica clothes and regalia, and dieting so they look like they are literally starving (unlike the sergeant in the photo).  There is a circuit they follow over several weekends at most of the famous battlegrounds of the war.  There are a couple of re-enactments near me each year and the actors are interesting and not afraid of a camera.  

 

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I watched the series the first time around and loved it. Very well done and probably an accurate picture of how horrible war can be. Our local PBS station isn't airing the HD version for some reason.

 

Buy the book or the DVD it is really worth it !

Yesterday I run into another Ken Burns production I spotted at ARTE

About the Vietnam War - you should give it a try too !

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