Hello.
I have made a few posts here in the past few days, and I have already received a tremendous amount of advice and assistance. I am a history teacher and Civil War buff who also makes videos for students when I have the time or need to. In the near future, I hope to produce a series of Civil War videos, and I believe the next two topics will likely be Civil War prisons and hospitals/medical care. Of the two, I believe prisons and prisoners will probably be easier (considering YouTube's strict policies). The reason for this post is that I would like to ask for assistance in finding higher-quality/usable photos. I assume there are already many good threads here with photos, because I stumbled across this forum numerous times while making the Daily Life of a Civil War Soldier video. To make things easier, I would like to know whether there are specific threads that might include these, or if anyone is aware of online resources that already have organized collections. Of course, posting them here would be possible and could also generate a lot of interesting discussion.
While I was making the first video, I was also made aware of the 1911 series named the Photographic History of the Civil War. The copy of the book shared with me contained many great photos, and it appears that Volume 7 includes both prisons/prisoners and hospitals/medical care. Unfortunately, every copy of this book I have found online is much lower in resolution/quality than the other material shared with me. So I would also like to ask if anyone is aware of a higher-quality series of scans of this book (as well as the full series). Here are a few examples of the photos I was able to save from the versions that I found.
These are not of the same quality as the other scan, which looked more like this.
So, if anyone is aware of higher-quality scans, I would love to be made aware of them.
To make matters easier, the list of topics included in the next video would be:
Thanks again for any assistance!
I have made a few posts here in the past few days, and I have already received a tremendous amount of advice and assistance. I am a history teacher and Civil War buff who also makes videos for students when I have the time or need to. In the near future, I hope to produce a series of Civil War videos, and I believe the next two topics will likely be Civil War prisons and hospitals/medical care. Of the two, I believe prisons and prisoners will probably be easier (considering YouTube's strict policies). The reason for this post is that I would like to ask for assistance in finding higher-quality/usable photos. I assume there are already many good threads here with photos, because I stumbled across this forum numerous times while making the Daily Life of a Civil War Soldier video. To make things easier, I would like to know whether there are specific threads that might include these, or if anyone is aware of online resources that already have organized collections. Of course, posting them here would be possible and could also generate a lot of interesting discussion.
While I was making the first video, I was also made aware of the 1911 series named the Photographic History of the Civil War. The copy of the book shared with me contained many great photos, and it appears that Volume 7 includes both prisons/prisoners and hospitals/medical care. Unfortunately, every copy of this book I have found online is much lower in resolution/quality than the other material shared with me. So I would also like to ask if anyone is aware of a higher-quality series of scans of this book (as well as the full series). Here are a few examples of the photos I was able to save from the versions that I found.
These are not of the same quality as the other scan, which looked more like this.
So, if anyone is aware of higher-quality scans, I would love to be made aware of them.
To make matters easier, the list of topics included in the next video would be:
- Andersonville Prison (photographs, sketches, and maps)
- Henry Wirz (portraits, trial, execution)
- Libby Prison (interior and exterior)
- Belle Isle
- Elmira Prison
- Rock Island Prison
- Point Lookout
- Camp Chase
- Prisoner exchange scenes (Lincoln, Grant, Dix-Hill Cartel illustrations)
- Civil War prison hospitals and cemeteries
Thanks again for any assistance!
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