Civil War Twin

Civil War Twin

Find your look-alike from the American Civil War era!

Learn more about the American Civil War and Facial Recognition.

We protect your privacy and do not save your photo or faceprint after you leave the website. Read our privacy policy here.

Civil War Twin

Find your look-alike from the American Civil War era!

Learn more about the American Civil War and Facial Recognition.

We protect your privacy and do not save your photo or faceprint after you leave the website. Read our privacy policy here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Civil War Twin (CWT) is a fun web application where people can find their look-alikes from the American Civil War era (1861-65) using facial recognition technology.
The website will only require an email address, which we will use to send you the photos of your Civil War Twin(s). Your email and name will NOT be stored unless you sign up to receive promotional emails.

We respect your privacy. If you choose to upload a photo, we do NOT store your uploaded photo anywhere on the internet nor use your photo to train any AI models. Your photo and any faceprint will be deleted after you are done using the website. We use the facial recognition service provided by Microsoft, which also claims to not store any images on their server.
Civil War Photo Sleuth (CWPS) is a web application designed to identify unknown Civil War portraits using a combination of crowdsourcing and facial recognition. It was developed by the same team as Civil War Twin.

Civil War Twin (CWT) is a fun web application where people can find their look-alikes from the American Civil War era (1861-65) using facial recognition technology.

On CWT, users upload their own photos and find matching faces from a historical photo database, whereas on CWPS, users upload historical portraits and try to identify them. You can learn more about CWPS here.
We will email you the photos and links of your Civil War Twin(s). You are free to share them in any form anywhere using #MyCivilWarTwin.
Civil War Twin was created by the Crowd Intelligence Lab at Virginia Tech led by Dr. Kurt Luther, American Battlefield Trust, and Military Images Magazine. Vikram Mohanty, Manisha Kusuma, Marx Wang, and David Thames served as designers and developers of this project.

Frequently Asked Questions

Civil War Twin (CWT) is a fun web application where people can find their look-alikes from the American Civil War era (1861-65) using facial recognition technology.
The website will only require an email address, which we will use to send you the photos of your Civil War Twin(s). Your email and name will NOT be stored unless you sign up to receive promotional emails.

We respect your privacy. If you choose to upload a photo, we do NOT store your uploaded photo anywhere on the internet nor use your photo to train any AI models. Your photo and any faceprint will be deleted after you are done using the website. We use the facial recognition service provided by Microsoft, which also claims to not store any images on their server.
Civil War Photo Sleuth (CWPS) is a web application designed to identify unknown Civil War portraits using a combination of crowdsourcing and facial recognition. It was developed by the same team as Civil War Twin.

Civil War Twin (CWT) is a fun web application where people can find their look-alikes from the American Civil War era (1861-65) using facial recognition technology.

On CWT, users upload their own photos and find matching faces from a historical photo database, whereas on CWPS, users upload historical portraits and try to identify them. You can learn more about CWPS here.
We will email you the photos and links of your Civil War Twin(s). You are free to share them in any form anywhere using #MyCivilWarTwin.
Civil War Twin was created by the Crowd Intelligence Lab at Virginia Tech led by Dr. Kurt Luther, American Battlefield Trust, and Military Images Magazine. Vikram Mohanty, Manisha Kusuma, Marx Wang, and David Thames served as designers and developers of this project.

Want to know more?

Virginia Tech is home to the Crowd Intelligence Lab and the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies.

The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the American Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 through acquisition of battlefield land.

Military Images is America’s only magazine dedicated solely to the study of portrait photographs of Civil War soldiers..

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