| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxv, 251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 31 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [234]-236) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1861 : war call -- 1862 : glory no more -- 1863 : emancipation blues -- 1864 : the end begins -- 1865 : victory and death -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
April 12, 2011, marked the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter that started the Civil War. Here Katz (former head curator, prints & photographs, Lib. of Congress; Baseball Americana) and Virga (Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations) look at the illustrators--including Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast--who covered the war for popular newspapers of the time (Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, among others) by traveling with the troops and sketching among the dead and wounded as well as bullets, fire, and the general chaos of the battlefield. While most of the drawings included here were published at that time, others are rough, unpublished sketches newly uncovered by Katz and Virga. The book's text, which follows the chronology of the war, includes selections from the artists' letters, logbooks, diaries, and other firsthand accounts. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the war.
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Drawing, American -- 19th century.
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| Added Author |
Virga, Vincent.
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| Added Title |
Drawings from the battlefront |
| ISBN |
9780393072204 hardcover |
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0393072207 hardcover |
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