--- description: TIME colorized some of the most iconic images of the Civil War title: See the American Civil War in Color Photographs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ef6280225a0793d/6987eb8a2dce01782c9e15b1/civil-war-in-color-lincoln-28.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the American Civil War in Color Photographs by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:50 AM CUTPublished: Apr 9, 2015 7:59 AM CUT  Capt. Custer of the 5th Cavalry is seen with Lt. Washington, a prisoner and former classmate. Capt. Custer of the 5th Cavalry is seen with Lt. Washington, a prisoner and former classmate.Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 11:50 AM CUTPublished: Apr 9, 2015 7:59 AM CUT On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in northern Virginia, marking the end of more than four years of hostilities that split the U.S. in two. Now, 150 years later, TIME looks back at the American Civil War… in color. We commissioned Swedish artist Sanna Dullaway to restore and colorize some of the most iconic images shot, in black and white, during the Civil War. The end result, which can take up to three hours to achieve per picture, offers a novel and contemporary perspective to history. **_Sanna Dullaway_** _is a photo editor based in Sweden. See more of her work_ [_here_](http://forrifarg.se/?lang=en "undefined")_._  Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand; at the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, Sept.-Oct., 1862. Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Allan Pinkerton, President Lincoln, and Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand; at the main eastern theater of the war, Battle of Antietam, Sept.-Oct., 1862. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Surgeons of the 3rd Division before hospital tent in Petersburg, Va., Aug. 1864. Library of Congress  Surgeons of the 3rd Division before hospital tent in Petersburg, Va., Aug. 1864. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  John L. Burns, the "old hero of Gettysburg," with gun and crutches in Gettysburg, Penn., July, 1863. Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  John L. Burns, the "old hero of Gettysburg," with gun and crutches in Gettysburg, Penn., July, 1863. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Washington, District of Columbia. Tent life of the 31st Penn. Inf. at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum in Washington, DC, 1861. Library of Congress  Washington, District of Columbia. Tent life of the 31st Penn. Inf. at Queen's farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum in Washington, DC, 1861. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Allan Pinkerton ("E. J. Allen") of the Secret Service on horseback in Antietam, Md., Oct. 1862. Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Allan Pinkerton ("E. J. Allen") of the Secret Service on horseback in Antietam, Md., Oct. 1862. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Cock fighting at Gen. Orlando B. Willcox's headquarters in Petersburg, Va., 1864. David Knox—Library of Congress  Cock fighting at Gen. Orlando B. Willcox's headquarters in Petersburg, Va., 1864. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: David Knox—Library of Congress  Camp of Captain \[John J.\] Hoff., in Gettysburg, Penn., July, 1865 William Morris Smith—Library of Congress  Camp of Captain \[John J.\] Hoff., in Gettysburg, Penn., July, 1865 Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: William Morris Smith—Library of Congress  African American legislator Robert Smalls of South Carolina. Library of Congress  African American legislator Robert Smalls of South Carolina. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Portrait of Rear Adm. David D. Porter, officer of the Federal Navy, 1860. Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Portrait of Rear Adm. David D. Porter, officer of the Federal Navy, 1860. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Portrait of Maj. Gen. George A. Custer, officer of the Federal Army, 1865. Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Portrait of Maj. Gen. George A. Custer, officer of the Federal Army, 1865. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, 1863. Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln, 1863. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  President Lincoln on the battlefield Library of Congress  President Lincoln on the battlefield Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the general's tent, Antietam, Md., Sept. - Oct. 1862. Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  President Lincoln and Gen. George B. McClellan in the general's tent, Antietam, Md., Sept. - Oct. 1862. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Capt. Custer of the 5th Cavalry is seen with Lt. Washington, a prisoner and former classmate. Library of Congress  Capt. Custer of the 5th Cavalry is seen with Lt. Washington, a prisoner and former classmate. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Officer's mess, Company E, 93rd New York Volunteers, in Bealeton, Va., Aug., 1863 Timothy H. O'Sullivan—Library of Congress  Officer's mess, Company E, 93rd New York Volunteers, in Bealeton, Va., Aug., 1863 Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Timothy H. O'Sullivan—Library of Congress  Three Confederate prisoners in Gettysburg, Penn., June-July, 1863. Library of Congress  Three Confederate prisoners in Gettysburg, Penn., June-July, 1863. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Dead on battlefield at 1st Bull Run, 1862-1865 Library of Congress  Dead on battlefield at 1st Bull Run, 1862-1865 Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top on the battlefield at Gettysburg, July, 1863 Timothy H. O'Sullivan—Library of Congress  Dead Confederate sharpshooter at foot of Little Round Top on the battlefield at Gettysburg, July, 1863 Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Timothy H. O'Sullivan—Library of Congress  Remembering the dead at Sudley Church near Bull Run, Va. March 1862. George N. Barnard—Library of Congress  Remembering the dead at Sudley Church near Bull Run, Va. March 1862. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: George N. Barnard—Library of Congress  A surgical photo from the Surgeon General's War Department shows an injured soldier with both arms amputated. Library of Congress  A surgical photo from the Surgeon General's War Department shows an injured soldier with both arms amputated. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Powder boy by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off the coast of Charleston, S.C., 1860. Library of Congress  Powder boy by gun of U.S.S. New Hampshire off the coast of Charleston, S.C., 1860. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters, 1863-1865. Library of Congress  Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughters, 1863-1865. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Mary Todd Lincoln Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Mary Todd Lincoln Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Abraham Lincoln in a reflective pose, in Washington, DC, May 16, 1861. Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Abraham Lincoln in a reflective pose, in Washington, DC, May 16, 1861. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Lewis Payne, a conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln, in the Washington Navy Yard, April-July 1865. Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Lewis Payne, a conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln, in the Washington Navy Yard, April-July 1865. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  David E. Herold, a conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln, in the Washington Navy Yard, April-July 1865. Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  David E. Herold, a conspirator in the assassination of President Lincoln, in the Washington Navy Yard, April-July 1865. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Alexander Gardner—Library of Congress  Frederick Douglass Library of Congress  Frederick Douglass Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Portrait of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, officer of the Federal Army, 1860-1865. Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  Portrait of Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, officer of the Federal Army, 1860-1865. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Mathew Brady—Library of Congress  The staff of Gen. Fitz-John Porter, Lieutenant William G. Jones and George A. Custer reclining at Falmouth, Va., 1863 Library of Congress  The staff of Gen. Fitz-John Porter, Lieutenant William G. Jones and George A. Custer reclining at Falmouth, Va., 1863 Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Library of Congress  Soldiers bathing near the ruins of a railroad bridge, North Anna River, Va, May, 1864. Timothy H. O'Sullivan—Library of Congress  Soldiers bathing near the ruins of a railroad bridge, North Anna River, Va, May, 1864. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Timothy H. O'Sullivan—Library of Congress  Alfred R. Waud, artist of Harper's Weekly, sketching on battlefield in Gettysburg, Penn., July 1863. Timothy H. O'Sullivan—Library of Congress  Alfred R. Waud, artist of Harper's Weekly, sketching on battlefield in Gettysburg, Penn., July 1863. Photo colorization by Sanna Dullaway for TIME; Original image: Timothy H. 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