Poster: A Civil War enlistment poster from New York, 1861
Image ID: 2576
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): War Posters, Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: A Civil War enlistment poster from New York, Union Army, 1861.
Citation: The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024. In Oscar Handlin, "Immigration," 1972, p. 169.
'The Gallant Charge of the 54th Mass. (Colored) Regiment' 1863
Image ID: 9027
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.6 - The divergent paths of the American people from 1800 to the mid-1800s...with emphasis on the Northeast. , 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: "The Gallant Charge of the 54th Mass. (Colored) Regiment," Currier and Ives, 1863
Citation: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-7824.
'The Assassination of President Lincoln' 1865
Image ID: 9028
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: "The Assassination of President Lincoln," Currier & Ives, 1865, color lithograph
Citation: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-USZ62-2073
'Last Moments of John Brown' 1882-1884
Image ID: 9029
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth Century, Civil War, Slavery and Abolition
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s):
Card Text: Thomas Hovenden, "Last Moments of John Brown," 1882-84, oil on canvas, 77 3/8 x 66 1/4 in. (196.5 x 168.3 cm)
Citation: Copyright Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028-0198. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, 1897 (97.5). http://metmus.org. All rights reserved.
Peachtree Street with wagon traffic, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864
Image ID: 9032
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Region(s):
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s):
Card Text: "Peachtree Street with wagon traffic, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864"; Atlanta after Sherman: a bank is gutted but bar and billiard parlor remain intact
Citation: "George Barnard's Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign," c. 1866. U.S. National Archives, College Park, MD 20740-6001. ARC Identifier: 165-SC-46.
Filling Cartridges at the U.S. Arsenal, Watertown, Mass., 1861
Image ID: 9042
Collection: Karen Halttunen
Topic(s): Nineteenth Century, Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s):
Card Text: Winslow Homer, "Filling Cartridges at the U.S. Arsenal, Watertown, Mass.," 1861
Citation: Harper's Weekly, July 20, 1861, cover. Chicago Historical Society, Clark St at North Ave, Chicago, IL 60614-6071
Negro Union soldiers standing by their cannon
Image ID: 6267
Collection: Roland Marchand
Topic(s): Black Americans, Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: Negro Union soldiers standing by their cannon.
Citation: The Chicago Historical Society, Clark Street at North Ave., Chicago, IL 60614-6071. In John Hope Franklin, An Illustrated History of Black Americans, 1970, pp. 54-5.
8.10.5
'30,000 Volunteers Wanted' 1864
Image ID: 11382
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Civil War
Region(s):
CA Standard(s): 8.11 - The character and lasting consequences of Reconstruction, 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s):
Card Text: Civil_War_Box_1_of_226
"30,000 Volunteers Wanted," a Union recruiting post in New York City, 1864, before the Draft Riots. George Law painting.
Citation: Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library Providence, RI 02912.
The Union is Dissolved! 1860
Image ID: 11661
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: "The Union is Dissolved!...Charleston Mercury. Extra: Passed unanimously at 1:15 o'clock, p.m., December 20, 1860. An ordinance to dissolve the Union. . . ." Charleston, SC, broadside; the Southern proclamation of secession, 1860.
(Civil_War_Box_1_of_202)
Citation: Library of Congress Rare Book & Special Collections Division, Washington, DC 20540. Gift of Alfred Whital Stern, 1953 (43.13).
Draft Riots on Lexington Avenue, New York City, 1865
Image ID: 11797
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s):
Card Text: Draft Riots on Lexington Avenue, New York City, 1865.
(Civil_War_Box_1_of_228)
Citation: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 25, 1865. The Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, "Mr. Lincoln and New York," © 2002-2008 The Lincoln Institute. All rights reserved. A project of The Lincoln Institute under a grant from The Lehrman Institute, 19 West 44th St, Suite 500, New York, NY 10036.
'A Harvest of Death' 1863
Image ID: 11818
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: "A Harvest of Death," July 1863. Dead Union soldiers lie on the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA.
Citation: Timothy O'Sullivan photo, in "Incidents of the War." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-B8184-7964-A.
'Substitute notices' 1861
Image ID: 11553
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: "Substitute notices" from a southern newspaper, c. 1861, appealing for substitutes to join the Confederate army. If he had enough money, a drafted man could pay a poorer one to fight in his place.
Citation: Virginia State Library, 800 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219-8000. Copy in John Mack Faragher, et al., "Out of Many: A History of the American People," vol. 1, Brief Third Ed., (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 2001, p. 286.
'Savage Station' Virginia, 1862
Image ID: 11479
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War, 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: "Savage Station, Virginia. Union field hospital after the battle of June 27," 1862.
Citation: James F. Gibson photo. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, DC 20540. LC-DIG-cwpb-00202.
Map: Alignment of States into Union and Confederacy, 1861
Image ID: 11355
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Civil War, Maps
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.10 - The multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: Map: Alignment of States into Union and Confederacy, 1861.
Citation: ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 529. All rights reserved.
Map: The Election of 1860
Image ID: 11544
Collection: Louis Warren
Topic(s): Maps, Civil War
Region(s): United States
CA Standard(s): 8.7 - The divergent paths of the American people in the South from 1800 to the mid-1800s , 8.8 - The divergent paths of the American people in the West from 1800 to the mid-1800s
National Standard(s): Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Card Text: Map: The Election of 1860.
Citation: ASK Copyright © R. Jackson Wilson, et al., "The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People," (Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458) 1996, vol. 1, p. 506. All rights reserved.
