The Civil War in Art : Teaching & Learning Through Chicago Collections

54th Massachusetts Volunteers

c. 1963
Jennie Scott Washington
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, Confederate, death, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, flag, freedom, paintings, post-war, soldiers, Union

1963
Ramon B. Price
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, death, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, flag, freedom, paintings, post-war, soldiers, Union

1963
Sophie Wessel
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, camp life, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, contrabands, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, escape, freedom, Illinois, paintings, post-war, slavery, soldiers, Union, women

c. 1963
R. Furan
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, escape, freedom, paintings, portraits, post-war, slavery, women

1864
David Gilmour Blythe
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: abolition, African Americans, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, escape, flag, freedom, genre scenes, home, landscapes, paintings, slavery

1862/63
John Quincy Adams Ward
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Classical, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, escape, freedom, sculptures, slavery

c. 1863
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

Tags: African Americans, camp life, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, flag, home, soldiers, Union

1864
P. S. Duval and Son
Chicago History Museum

Tags: African Americans, camp life, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, flag, freedom, home, prints, soldiers, Union

February 21, 1863
Unknown Soldier
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, African Americans, children, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, family, freedom, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, Union

April 9, 1864
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: African Americans, children, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, escape, family, freedom, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, slavery

July 2, 1864
T. B. Bishop (Photographer)
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, African Americans, emancipation, Emancipation and the Meaning of Freedom, escape, freedom, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, portraits, prints, slavery, Union