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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
“An Especial Prize to the Boys:” Union Soldiers and the Illustrated News (Part 2)
This is the second of two posts regarding the relationship between Union soldiers and the emerging illustrated press during the Civil War. Part 1 may be found here. Soldiers were evidently grateful to receive the illustrated weeklies. Albert O. Marshall of the … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Newspapers, Politics
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Civil War Women, Daily Papers, edwin forbes, Engraving, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Harper's Weekly, Hospitals, Illinois, Illustrated News, Illustrations, Lithographs, New York Herald, New York Illustrated News, Newspapers, Pennsylvania, Propaganda, Regimental Newspapers, South Carolina, Spotsylvania, Thomas Nast, Weekly Papers
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“An Especial Prize to the Boys:” Union Soldiers and the Illustrated News (Part 1)
This is the first of two posts regarding the relationship between Union soldiers and the emerging illustrated press during the Civil War. The Union soldier of the Civil War had an insatiable hunger for newspapers. Joseph C. G. Kennedy, head of … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battles, Civil War Events, Civilian, Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Material Culture, Newspapers, Politics
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Daily Papers, edwin forbes, Engraving, Frank Leslie's Illustrated, Harper's Weekly, Illustrated News, Illustrations, Indiana, Lithographs, New York Herald, New York Illustrated News, Newspapers, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Philadelphia Enquirer, South Carolina, Thomas Nast, U.S. Census, Weekly Papers
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Sketches from the Shenandoah: James Taylor’s Scrapbook
In the collections of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio rests With Sheridan Up the Shenandoah Valley. Leaves from a Special Artist’s Sketch Book and Diary. As the title implies, it is a book of incredibly realistic sketches and … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Civil War Events, Civilian, Personalities, Sesquicentennial
Tagged 10th New York Infantry, alfred waud, Cincinnati, edwin forbes, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, James Taylor, Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, University of Notre Dame, Western Reserve Historical Society, William Waud
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Drawing the War, Part 2: Edwin Forbes
second in a series Edwin Forbes may very well be the new Winslow Homer. Although mainly forgotten about for many years (like almost 150), apparently there is a resurgence of interest in this artist’s work. Many pieces are offered online, … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Personalities
Tagged artists, drawing-the-war, edwin forbes, journalism
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