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

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

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

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

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

1889
Samuel Hollyer
The Newberry Library

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

1865
Louis Kurz, Lithographer: Baker & Co.
Chicago History Museum

Tags: charity, Chicago, children, city, family, flag, health, Illinois, prints, soldiers, The Northern Homefront, Union

c. 1864-1866
Unknown Artist
Chicago History Museum

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

c. 1870-1875
Paul D. Philippoteaux
Chicago History Museum

Tags: African Americans, camp life, commemorations, Confederate, flag, generals, health, paintings, post-war, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

1888
Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers
Chicago History Museum

Tags: battles, commemorations, death, generals, health, post-war, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union

July 6, 1861
Unknown Artist
The Newberry Library

Tags: charity, children, death, family, health, illustrations, newspapers and magazines, prints, soldiers, The Military Experience, Union, 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