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

Portrait of John F. P. Robie

c. 1861
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

Tags: children, photographs, portraits, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley

1887
George Cope
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: commemorations, paintings, portraits, post-war, Remembering the War, soldiers, Union

Our Watering Places—The Empty Sleeve at Newport

1865
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: genre scenes, health, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, post-war, prints, Remembering the War, soldiers, Union, women

News from the War

1862
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: camp life, death, family, genre scenes, health, home, illustrations, mourning, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Northern Homefront

The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

1862
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, camp life, death, genre scenes, health, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Our Women in the War

1864
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: camp life, charity, genre scenes, health, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union, women

What Do I Want, John Henry?

November 1862
Alexander Gardner
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: abolition, African Americans, camp life, contrabands, freedom, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Army of the Potomac—Sleeping on Their Arms

1864
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: camp life, genre scenes, illustrations, landscapes, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Winter-Quarters in Camp—The Inside of a Hut

1863
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: camp life, genre scenes, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Thanksgiving in Camp

1862
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: camp life, genre scenes, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

The Songs of the War

1861
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: African Americans, camp life, children, Confederate, contrabands, generals, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

The War for the Union, 1862—A Bayonet Charge

1862
Winslow Homer
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, Confederate, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Incidents of the War: Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery in Action

1863
Timothy O'Sullivan
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter

1863
Alexander Gardner
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, landscapes, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg

1863
Timothy O'Sullivan
The Art Institute of Chicago

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, landscapes, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

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Portrait of John F. P. Robie

Civil War Regalia of Major Levi Gheen McCauley

Our Watering Places—The Empty Sleeve at Newport

News from the War

The Surgeon at Work at the Rear During an Engagement

Our Women in the War

What Do I Want, John Henry?

Army of the Potomac—Sleeping on Their Arms

Winter-Quarters in Camp—The Inside of a Hut

Thanksgiving in Camp

The Songs of the War

The War for the Union, 1862—A Bayonet Charge

Incidents of the War: Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery in Action

Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg