George Norman Barnard (December 23, 1819 - February 4, 1902) was an American photographer. Born in Connecticut, Barnard opened a photography business in Oswego, New York, in 1843 and was among the first to use the daguerreotype in the United States. He photographed a fire that destroyed grain elevators in 1853, which historians consider to be some of the first “news” photographs. Barnard is best known for his photography during the American Civil War. He served as the official army photographer for the Military District of the Mississippi commanded by Union general William T. Sherman. He published a book of Civil War photography in 1866, Photographic Views of Sherman’s Campaign. More akin to an album, the production weighed 20 pounds and included 61 photographs, a short historical text, and several campaign maps. After the war, Barnard ran photography studios in Charleston, South Carolina, Chicago, and Ohio. His Chicago studio burned to the ground during the 1871 Chicago Fire. (Photo Credit: National Portrait Gallery, NPG.2007.18)