The U.S. Civil War: Photographs From the Grisly American Conflict

Saturday, May 4, 2013 - 17:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Roughly 150 years ago, in March or April 1863, a shocking photograph was taken in Louisiana. Unlike most photos, it was given a title, “The Scourged Back,” as if it were a painting hanging in an art museum.

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