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Opportunities Lost and Found In our collective mind’s eye are certain photographic images that have served to define people, places and events for generations. Among the most powerful are those taken during the Civil War, a time coincident with the rapid technological and commercial development of photography. When photographers took to the battlefields, Americans gained …
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