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

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

The Cotton Kingdom

1863
Edward Atkinson
The Newberry Library

Tags: Causes of the War, Confederate, cotton, prints, slavery, Slavery and Abolition, Union

Contrabands Coming into Camp in Consequence of the Proclamation

January 31, 1863
Alfred R. Waud
The Newberry Library

Tags: abolition, children, contrabands, emancipation, escape, family, home, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, slavery, The Military Experience

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

Camp Douglas

1864
Private Albert E. Myers
Chicago History Museum

Tags: camp life, Chicago, Confederate, flag, home, Illinois, paintings, prison, soldiers, The Northern Homefront, Union

Members of Morgan's Raiders at Camp Douglas

1864
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

Tags: camp life, Chicago, Confederate, escape, Illinois, photographs, portraits, prison, soldiers, The Northern Homefront, 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

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

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

Lincoln Catafalque

1865
H. W. Immke Studio
Chicago Public Library

Tags: Chicago, children, city, death, Illinois, Lincoln, Lincoln's funeral, mourning, photographs, post-war, soldiers, Union

Hospital Camp, Jeffersonville, Indiana

c. 1864-1866
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

Tags: camp life, health, home, photographs, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

Battle of the Wilderness

c. 1864
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

Tags: battles, Confederate, death, generals, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, 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

Fruit Piece: Apples on Tin Cups

1864
William Sidney Mount
Terra Foundation for American Art

Tags: charity, paintings, soldiers, The Northern Homefront, Union

Autumn Afternoon, the Wissahickon

1864
Thomas Moran
Terra Foundation for American Art

Tags: Hudson River School, landscapes, paintings, The Northern Homefront

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