Images of the American Civil War: Photographs, Posters and Ephemera This link opens in a new windowThis database provides images covering casualties, home life, prisons, hospitals, posters, weaponry, transportation, political and military leaders, and other broad topics. The descriptive narrative expands each photo’s story—for example what officers were present and therefore involved in the planning of a battle, who associated with whom, the mood and demeanor revealed by body language—and other information that might remain hidden using written history alone.