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

The Myriopticon (Realia): Historical Panorama: The Rebellion

Not after 1890
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: camp life, Causes of the War, children, prints, soldiers, The Election of 1860 and Secession, Union

1852
Hammatt Billings
The Newberry Library

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

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

March 5, 1864
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: charity, children, family, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, The Northern Homefront, Union, women

1865
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: children, death, family, illustrations, mourning, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Northern Homefront, women

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

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

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

1865
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: children, death, family, home, illustrations, mourning, newspapers and magazines, prints, The Northern Homefront, women

c. 1867-1868
Lilly Martin Spencer
Terra Foundation for American Art

Tags: charity, children, family, flag, genre scenes, health, home, paintings, post-war, Remembering the War, soldiers, women