
At The Front
Painted in 1866 by George Cochran Lambdin, At the Front depicts a Union soldier in camp near the Rapidan.
Read moreCivil War Union General and 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, is depicted in uniform.
Read morePainted 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.
Read moreThis 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.
Read moreDuring 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.
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreThis 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.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreWilliam 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.
Read moreThe painting depicts Fort Sumter after it had been pummeled by artillery during the first engagement of the Civil War.
Read moreDuring the Civil War, a self-emancipated man appears in a U.S. Army Provost Marshall General office, eager to enlist.
Read moreOne of a three-part narrative artwork, The Recruit depicts a man dressed in his Union uniform, proudly ready for military service during the Civil War.
Read moreA Civil War soldier (who is also seen in the paintings The Contraband and The Recruit), is now represented as a wounded veteran.
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