The Civil War in 50 Objects by Harold Holzer and the New-York Historical Society (original) (raw)

To see some few proofs of enormous wickedness": The Use of Photographs and Wood Engravings of Prisoners of War in Six American Civil War Publications, 1864-1865

2021

This thesis addresses the use of a set of photographs of returned prisoners of war (POWs) published both as tipped-in albumen prints and as wood engravings in six different publications from 1864 and 1865, including three versions of Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers while Prisoners of War in the Hands of the rebel Authorities, one pamphlet, and two magazine articles, The discussion focuses on the dissemination of these images by the United States Sanitary Commission, the ways in which the photographs were presented in the individual publications that contained them, the decisions that the engravers made in translating the photographs into wood engravings and the visual codes that informed the photographs and the related engravings. The illustrated essay situates these photographs and wood engravings within the political context of the American Civil War and the history of photography in the 1860s. The dissemination of photographic imagery...

War Matters: Material Culture in the Civil War Era

2018

The Civil War remains a pivotal event in southern history, with many themes resurfacing throughout its long academic life. Yet, one area that Civil War historians tend to ignore is material culture, which could open an entirely new vein of interpretation while also underscoring the intersections between race, class, and gender on the battlefield and home front. War Matters offers a refreshing analysis of the economic, social, political, and cultural nuances of the Civil War era through the use of material culture. Editor Joan E. Cashin and her fellow contributors focus on objects as small as pocketbook bibles and as vast as battlefields in order to deepen our understanding of the ongoing debates in the field and to familiarize us with newer themes.

Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era

2014

Lauren H. Roedner '13, Gettysburg College Angelo Scarlato Scott Hancock, Gettysburg College Jordan G. Cinderich '15, Gettysburg College Tricia M. Runzel '13, Gettysburg College Avery C. Lentz '14, Gettysburg College Brian D. Johnson '14, Gettysburg College Lincoln M. Fitch '14, Gettysburg College Michele B. Seabrook '13, Gettysburg College Follow this and additional works at: http://cupola.gettysburg.edu/libexhibits

Art, Artifact, Archive: African American Experiences in the Nineteenth Century

2015

Angelo Scarlato's extraordinary and vast collection of art and artifacts related to the Civil War, and specifically to the Battle of Gettysburg, the United States Colored Troops, slavery and the African American struggle for emancipation, citizenship and freedom has proved to be an extraordinary resource for Gettysburg College students. The 2012-14 exhibition in Musselman Library's Special Collections, curated by Lauren Roedner '13, entitled Slaves, Soldiers, Citizens: African American Artifacts of the Civil War Era and its corresponding catalogue provided a powerful and comprehensive historical narrative of the period.