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On the moonlit night of June 2, 1863, Harriet Tubman and 300 Union soldiers, many of them Black, departed Beaufort, South ...
"The Civil War and American Art" 10/04/12 Frederic Edwin Church, Our Banner in the Sky, 1861. ... was used to make Parrott guns, a staple of artillery used by the Union.
A painting by Ismani Sun, a San Antonio artist, will be on prominent display at the African American Civil War Memorial Museum when it opens at its new location in Washington D.C.
Nancy Wilk is the co-owner of Venue 1848, where a Civil War art exhibit is currently being displayed. This collection includes panoramic photos of battlefields in the Civil War, paintings, prints ...
Elizabeth Van Lew, a Southern belle turned Union spymaster, exemplifies true heroism during the Civil War, challenging the diluted modern concept of a hero.
Vermont’s Statehouse is known as a living museum, filled with historic and storied pieces of art. That includes the iconic “Battle of Cedar Creek,” painted by Vermonter and Civil War veteran ...