Interesting Civil War Drawings

wilber6150

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Hi all, the thread about Civil War photography has been such fun, I thought it would be great to look at some drawings of the era .. As the sketches made by artists of the action, are as close as we will be able to see of history as it happened...
 
The first one I'm going to post is a very powerful one of men trying to escape the fires caused by the fighting in the Wilderness...You can almost sense the desperation of the men as they try to get to safety, and the poor wounded souls pleading for someone to help them...

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The first one I'm going to post is a very powerful one of men trying to escape the fires caused by the fighting in the Wilderness...You can almost sense the desperation of the men as they try to get to safety, and the poor wounded souls pleading for someone to help them...

1182943339_oEnma-X3.jpg

Do we know the artist?
 
Ranking as one of my favorite books is "The American Heritage Century Collection of Civil War Art" which is the complete collection of artworks from the "Battles and Leaders" series with drawings and sketches from all the leading artists and correspondents of the time. Superb book.
 
Thanks for reference to the American Heritage book on Civil War Art. One of America's greatest Artist, Winslow Homer, got his start in the Civil War. He was "Special Artist" for Harper's Weekly. Harper's sent him to sketch Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, George B. McClellan's army on the Banks of the Potomac in Oct. 1861, and to cover the Peninsular Campaign in 1862.. His illustrations depicting battles and camp scenes appeared in Harpers throughout the war years.

He later translated his drawings into canvases such as the "Yankee Sharpshooter" and "Prisoners at the Front".
 
Thanks for reference to the American Heritage book on Civil War Art. One of America's greatest Artist, Winslow Homer, got his start in the Civil War. He was "Special Artist" for Harper's Weekly. Harper's sent him to sketch Abraham Lincoln's inauguration, George B. McClellan's army on the Banks of the Potomac in Oct. 1861, and to cover the Peninsular Campaign in 1862.. His illustrations depicting battles and camp scenes appeared in Harpers throughout the war years.

He later translated his drawings into canvases such as the "Yankee Sharpshooter" and "Prisoners at the Front".

Yes, excellent! Winslow Homer is my favorite American painter.
 
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