U.S. Civil War

William Lewis
Civil War Sketches
pen, ink and wash on paper
10 ⅝ in x 13 ¾ in (26.99 cm x 34.92 cm);14 ¼ in x 19 ¼ in (36.2 cm x 48.89 cm)
Gift of Mr. Michael Church
A group of soldiers stand and sit in a landscape; some face the camera while others are posed engaged in conversation. Behind them stand several tall trees and between them a tent with the flaps decorated with an American flag. Seated alone to the left is a young African-American man holding a broom.
Mathew B. Brady
Engineering Corps
albumen print on paper
11 in. x 16 7/8 in. ( 27.9 cm x 42.9 cm )
Museum Purchase
Plaster sculpture of a man dressed in a Civil War military uniform; arms are broken off at mid-bicep.  <br />
Randolph Rogers
Model for cavalry soldier
plaster
11 7/8 in. x 3 13/16 in. x 3 5/8 in. ( 30.1 cm x 9.7 cm x 9.2 cm )
Gift of Randolph Rogers
Plaster sculpture of a standing male figure, his right hand resting upon a small column and his left hand holding the arm of a crouching African American female figure.
Randolph Rogers
Lincoln and the Emancipated Slave
painted plaster
21 1/4 in x 14 3/16 in x 7 7/8 in (53.98 cm x 36.04 cm x 20 cm)
Gift of Randolph Rogers
A foggy landscape with silhouetted trees recedes from the left into the hazy distance and sky. The corners of the images are vignetted and the&nbsp;photograph is toned with tea, giving it a light brown-peach color.&nbsp;
Sally Mann
Virginia, Untitled (Blue Hills)
gelatin silver print, toned with tea, on paper
30 x 38 in. (76.2 x 96.52 cm);32 x 40 in. (81.28 x 101.6 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by Myron and Bobbie Levine
Bronze sculpture of a standing male figure his right hand holding a shield which rests upon a stack of book while his left arm is outstretched hovering over the crouching figure of an African American male figure.
Thomas Ball
Emancipation Group
bronze
32 15/16 in x 21 15/16 in x 16 5/8 in (83.66 cm x 55.72 cm x 42.23 cm)
Bequest of Henry C. Lewis
Antique- and aged-looking photograph of a dreamy, perhaps nocturnal, landscape. In the foreground, a massive tree rises up into the hazy night, and trees recede into the distance. White pock marks give the whole scene, sky and land, an ethereal starry look.
Sally Mann
Battlefields, Manassas (Lumpy Cedar)
varnished gelatin silver print on paper
40 in. x 4 ft. 2 1/16 in. (101.6 x 127.16 cm);40 1/2 in. x 4 ft. 2 11/16 in. (102.87 x 128.75 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
Army Reinactment. Army colonel stainding next to a fence in a field. Has a large knife strapped across his chest.
Robert A. Zeichner
Colonel Work, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
toned gelatin silver print on paper
10 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in. ( 26.67 cm x 34.29 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Army Reinactment. Line of soldiers standing behind a wagon waiting to get their meal.
Robert A. Zeichner
Rations Boys!, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 3/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. ( 33.97 cm x 26.67 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Army Reinactment. Soldiers sitting in a field watching some soldiers on horses forge the creek.
Robert A. Zeichner
Fording Antietam Creek, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. ( 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Army Reinactment. Soldiers standing around a canon in a field, lots of smoke in the air.
Robert A. Zeichner
Parker's Virginians Under Fire, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 1/4 in. x 10 1/2 in. ( 33.66 cm x 26.67 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
Army Reinactment. Two sides of the battle are fighting in a field with a fence between them.
Robert A. Zeichner
Eyeball to Eyeball, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
toned gelatin silver print on paper
13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in. ( 34.29 cm x 26.67 cm )
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond

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