Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Gory Civil War photographs

The idea of "Shock jocks"like Howard Stern are nothing new, and taking shocking pictures is as old as photograpy itself!

Photography was brand-spankin new in the 1860’s and the photographers went to great lengths to offer-up disturbing war images to the public.



Check out this amazing collection of Civil War Photos.


Hanging a cowardly deserter