"Say Cheese!"

Ever since my little sister joined Instagram and Snapchat, she's been literally taking pictures of everything and everywhere; flowers from the Chicago Botanic Garden, Papa John's Pizza and "selfies" (the word I despise the most even thought it just been added to Webster's dictionary). My sister's love of taking photos isn't any different though. Since the rise of social media websites and the advances of technology, people are starting to become photographers and vloggers. It's embedded in our American culture now because they document everything that's going on in their life, which includes war too and show the world about it. But exactly, is it relevant to the Civil War? That's because the Civil War according to history.com said that it was first war to be documented through a camera. Unfortunately, because the camera wasn't as much advance as our cameras today, taking and developing photos was a long process that cost time and chemicals. That's why usually pictures of Civil War would consist of landscapes and scenery, not pictures of soldiers fighting in the battle-field. It wasn't until the 20th century according to history.com, photographers are able to take photos easily in the battle-field. Below are pictures from the Civil War that were taken:

According to Wikipedia, this was the Red Army in Pre-Civil War.

A picture of trains in the Civil War that operated.

According to Massachusetts Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion and the U.S Army Military History Institue this was a picture of the New York 164th Volunteer Infantry.