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ECW Weekender: Virginia Museum of the Civil War’s Art Gallery
I enjoy visiting art museums and galleries, especially if historical art is displayed! The Virginia Civil War Museum at New Market has The Robert Raeburn, VMI 1951, Civil War Art Gallery—a splendid collection of unique Civil War art, including some … Continue reading
My Hunt for the C.S.S. Alabama
Among my first introductions to the American Civil War was Robert Paul Jordan’s 1969 book The Civil War. It was a volume in a series of National Geographic Society illustrated books. Most were about regions, but there were the odd … Continue reading
Reflections on Eastman Johnson’s A Ride for Liberty
Eastman Johnson is one of my favorite American artists, and many agree that one of his best works is A Ride For Liberty. Let’s take a closer look at what inspired and was reflected in the artwork…
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Slavery
Tagged A Ride For Liberty, black history month, Civil War art, civil war artist, eastman johnson, freedmen, Slavery
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CW & Pop Culture: Those Books of Paintings In My Childhood
Civil War paintings created in the 20th Century. They introduced me to Civil War generals. They captured my imagination and made me want to know the stories. When I first became interested in the Civil War, I was eight years … Continue reading
Interview with David Knox
During an August 2018 visit to the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (located next door to New Orleans’ Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall) I encountered the work of David Knox. He takes photos from the Civil War to … Continue reading
Through An Artist’s Eyes: Battle of the Wilderness
May 5, 2019 marks the 155th Anniversary since the beginning of the Battle of the Wilderness. The first fierce battle of the Overland Campaign, and a conflict that turned into a blazing inferno as undergrowth and trees caught fire. Photographs … Continue reading
The Lincoln Tragedy In Artwork
On the evening of April 14, 1865, President and Mrs. Lincoln when to Ford’s Theater to see a comedy entitled Our American Cousin. At the theater, John Wilkes Booth slipped into the presidential box, fired a small pistol, then leaped … Continue reading
The Picture Over the Door: N. C. Wyeth Illustrates the Civil War
Growing up, our neighbors had a print hung over the door that led into the hallway of their brick bungalow in Oklahoma City. I was pretty young, and not very tall, but I could see the image in the old, … Continue reading
John Adams Elder: Fredericksburg’s Civil War Artist
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Michael Aubrecht Standing amid the soldiers’ and civilians’ graves in the Confederate Cemetery on Washington Avenue is a simple, elegant marker with the name “Elder” etched across its face. To the casual observer, this tombstone … Continue reading
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Tagged art in europe, art in fredericksburg, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of the Crater, Civil War art, civil war artist, civil war paintings, emaneul leutze, Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery, john elder, paintings, portraits, Portraiture, richmond mechanic institute
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Ulysses S. Grant’s Long Road from Donelson to Lowell
February 15, 1862 found Ulysses S. Grant sitting on horseback in the snow, staring at the collapsed line along his right. Confederates had pushed out from Ft. Donelson early that morning, while Grant had been downriver talking to Admiral Andrew … Continue reading
