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

And the Old Flag Never Touched the Ground

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

Contraband on Cairo Levee

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

Negro Troops Receive Instructions in the Field

1963
Allen Stringfellow
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, commemorations, emancipation, paintings, post-war, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Lincoln Speaks to Freedmen on the Steps of the Capital at Richmond

1963
Gus Nall
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, children, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, Confederate, emancipation, family, freedom, Illinois, Lincoln, Lincoln portraits, paintings, Remembering the War, slavery, soldiers, Union, women

Col. Robert G. Shaw dying at the Battle of Fort Wagner

1940
Martyl (Suzanne Schweig Langsdorf)
DuSable Museum of African American History

Tags: African Americans, battles, Civil Rights Movement, commemorations, death, emancipation, paintings, post-war, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Old Virginia Home

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

The Freedman

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

Tintype of Black Union Soldier, J. L. Balldwin

c. 1863
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

Tags: African Americans, emancipation, flag, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Scrimshaw with portrait of black soldier

c. 1863
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

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

Come and Join Us Brothers

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

Emancipation Proclamation

1919
E. G. Renesch, Chicago
Chicago History Museum

Tags: African Americans, Chicago, children, city, commemorations, emancipation, family, flag, freedom, home, Illinois

The Effects of the Proclamation

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

Negroes Leaving Their Home

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

The Escaped Slave

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

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