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

Prisoners Stripped and Searched in the Snow at Camp Douglas

1893
John M. Copley
The Newberry Library

Tags: camp life, Chicago, Confederate, health, Illinois, illustrations, literature, post-war, prison, soldiers, The Military Experience, The Northern Homefront, Union

1887
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (draftsman)
John J. Cade (engraver)
The Newberry Library

Tags: death, health, home, Illinois, illustrations, literature, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union, women

1887
Felix Octavius Carr Darley (draftsman)
John J. Cade (engraver)
The Newberry Library

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, flag, illustrations, literature, portraits, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union, women

1889
Samuel Hollyer
The Newberry Library

Tags: health, illustrations, literature, portraits, post-war, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union, women

1852
Hammatt Billings
The Newberry Library

Tags: African Americans, Causes of the War, children, escape, family, freedom, illustrations, literature, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, women

1852
Hammatt Billings
The Newberry Library

Tags: African Americans, Causes of the War, family, illustrations, literature, pre-war, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, women

1872
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Causes of the War, escape, freedom, illustrations, literature, prints, slavery, Slavery and Abolition

1866
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: family, illustrations, literature, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union, women

1852
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, African Americans, Causes of the War, children, escape, family, freedom, illustrations, literature, pre-war, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, women