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smithsonianmag: The Civil War, Now in Living Color The photographs taken by masters such as Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner have done much for the public’s perception of the Civil War. But all of their work is in black and white. The battlefield of Gettysburg is remembered as a shade of grey and the soldiers as ghostly dauerreotype images. Photography was in its infancy during the time and colorizing photographs was rare and often lacked the detail of modern imagery. John C. Guntzelman is changing that; he’s created an accurate colorized portrayal of the Civil War. In The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States, Guntzelman tediously colorized hundreds of photos covering every aspect of the war. - Continue reading at Smithsonian.com. MORE PHOTOS »

smithsonianmag:

The Civil War, Now in Living Color

The photographs taken by masters such as Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner have done much for the public’s perception of the Civil War. But all of their work is in black and white. The battlefield of Gettysburg is remembered as a shade of grey and the soldiers as ghostly dauerreotype images. Photography was in its infancy during the time and colorizing photographs was rare and often lacked the detail of modern imagery.

John C. Guntzelman is changing that; he’s created an accurate colorized portrayal of the Civil War. In The Civil War in Color: A Photographic Reenactment of the War Between the States, Guntzelman tediously colorized hundreds of photos covering every aspect of the war. - Continue reading at Smithsonian.com.

MORE PHOTOS »

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