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22 Photos of War, from Before the Turn of the 19th Century

War has been around for the entirety of human history, but photography has not. We've all seen our fair share of World War I and II photographs, but what about the many conflicts before those? When were the first war photographs taken, and which conflicts were they documenting?


The first photo of an actual battle is thought to have been taken during the Franco-Prussian war in 1870, but pioneering photographer Roger Fenton extensively documented the Crimean War before that in 1855. Old cameras were difficult to move and time-consuming to set up, two poor characteristics in times of war, and Fenton was repeatedly targeted by Russian artillery. Fortunately, ballistics in the 1850s weren't as accurate as they are today. 


Check out those photos and more from conflicts before the turn of the 19th century. 

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