At The Front
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At The Front

Painted in 1866 by George Cochran Lambdin, At the Front depicts a Union soldier in camp near the Rapidan. 

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The Consecration, 1861
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The Consecration, 1861

Painted in 1865, George Cochran Lambdin's The Consecration, 1861 depicts a soldier leaving home for war, and symbolizes the hope of reconciliation - not just between the man and woman, but between a divided country. 

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Emblems of the Civil War
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Emblems of the Civil War

This memorial still life arranges the military mementos of Major General William Tibbits of the Union Army’s Second New York Cavalry. The items include a Confederate bullet on a string and a key to Libby Prison.

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Guerrilla Warfare (Picket Duty in Virginia)
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Guerrilla Warfare (Picket Duty in Virginia)

During the Civil War, picket duty constituted the most hazardous work of infantrymen in the field. Being the first to feel any major enemy movement, they were also the first liable to be killed, wounded, or captured. 

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The 2nd Minnesota Regiment at Missionary Ridge
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The 2nd Minnesota Regiment at Missionary Ridge

On November 25, 1863, still stinging from defeat in the Battle of Chickamauga two months earlier and under siege with dwindling supplies, Union forces charged Confederate-held Missionary Ridge, outside Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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Grant and His Generals
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Grant and His Generals

This Civil War painting depicts the commander of the Union armies flanked by 26 of his generals. To obtain likenesses of the men, the artist traveled to army encampments to make life studies of the subjects.

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The Battle of Nashville
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The Battle of Nashville

The Second Brigade (comprising the Fifth and Ninth Minnesota, the Eleventh Missouri, the Eighth Wisconsin, and the Second Iowa Regiments) makes the final charge - across a muddy cornfield to the east of Shy Hill - that broke the Confederate lines on December 16, 1864, during The Battle of Nashville.

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Fate of the Rebel Flag
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Fate of the Rebel Flag

William Bauly's 1861 patriotic painting depicts a Civil War ship burning in a calm sea, with the flames of the fire forming the red, white, and blue flag of the Confederacy.

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