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Cameras were different during the Civil War. They were huge, bulky, and could be very expensive. They used glass, not plastic film. Whatever they were shooting had to stand still or it wouldn't be a clear picture. That is why there was very few pictures of battles that occurred during the Civil War. More often than not, artists were hired instead to draw what was going on.

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