Second, use the Internet and Google to find images related to your topic. Remember: you need not confine yourself to photographs; maps, pictures of documents, engravings and so forth are fair game. Even a contemporary photograph is acceptable as long as it’s pertinent to your topic. Use images that conform to fair use guidelines. DO NOT simply snatch an image off a site. Use sites that allow fair or educational use, such as American Memory at the Library of Congress and the National Archives.
Use websites as resources for your images—not for your prose. In other words, do not copy your prose from them. If you wish to use them as source, cast your post in your own words and provide a citation for the idea. If you quote directly from a document or website, you must use quotation marks and provide a citation. Do not take more than two images from a single site (the exceptions are American Memory and the National Archives) and furnish a source for the ones that you use in your photo essay. Download and save your images to your computer. You can find examples of a photo album and citations within a photo album at:
Antietam: Stalemate: A Sample Photo Essay
When you are looking for images, find those that are equal to or greater than 500px (width) x 400px (height). Good sources for information and images are the following.
Library of Congress: American Memory
Civil War Sites Advisory Commission
American Civil War Homepage
CivilWar@Smithsonian
US Civil War Homepage: Slavery
The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record
National Archives
Civil War Art
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