SAN MARINO, CA.- As the nation begins to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announces its plans for a major exhibition of photographs opening in October 2012 along with a companion exhibition of manuscript material. And this fall, The Huntington will hold a scholarly conference titled “Civil War Lives,” featuring some of the most prominent Civil War scholars in the country. The largest undertaken of Civil War images at The Huntington, the photographs exhibition will be presented in the MaryLou and George Boone Gallery and draw from the institution’s deep archives relating to the period, begun when Henry E. Huntington purchased two of the “Big Five” collections of Abraham Lincoln materials early in the 20th century. The show will highlight some 150 works from the extensive Civil War images collection as well as reveal additional