Photos & Perspectives of the Civil War: On the Battlefield

Assignment

You are a war correspondent and have been assigned to write a 250-300-word news article reporting on one of the battles listed below. Be sure that your article captures the viewpoint/perspective of your hometown newspaper. Before you write your news article, you will need to do some research (the Resources section will help get you started).

*Photos courtesy of the Library of Congress. Click each photo to access it's bibliographic record.

First Battle of Bull Run, 1861

Photographs from the battle (from the Library of Congress)
The Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) (from Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War)
First Battle of Bull Run (from History.com)
First Battle of Manassas (from the National Park Service)

Battle of Antietam, 1862

Photographs from the battle (from the Library of Congress)
Battle of Antietam (from History.com)
Battle of Antietam (from the National Park Service)
The Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) (from Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War)
Carnage At Antietam, 1862 (from EyeWitness to History)

Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

The Gettysburg Campaign consisted of least ten battles, with victories shared by both sides. Smaller battles had casualty counts of less than 500. Larger battles had casualty counts of 1,000 to 50,000.

Photographs from the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (from the Library of Congress)
Battle of Gettysburg (from History.com)
The Battle of Gettysburg (from the National Park Service)
The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863 (from EyeWitness to History)

Siege of Petersburg, 1864

Photographs from the siege (from the Library of Congress)
Petersburg Campaign (from History.com)
The Siege of Petersburg (from the U.S. National Park Service)

The War's End, 1865

Photographs from the city of Richmond (from the Library of Congress)
The Confederate capital falls (from History.com)
President Lincoln Enters Richmond, 1865 (from EyeWitness to History)
The Campaign to Appomattox (from the National Park Service)