A Photographic Tour Of Civil War Vicksburg

 Like a spirit land of ShadowsThey in silence on me gazeAnd I feel my heart is beatingWith the pulse of other days;And I ask what great magicianConjured forms like these afar?Echo answers, ‘tis the sunshine,By its alchymist Daguerre. Caleb Lyon, Photographic Art Journal, 1851  Video by Tanya Jacobson-Smith   Vicksburg Jefferson Davis remarked after the fall of … Continue reading A Photographic Tour Of Civil War Vicksburg