Civil War Art

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 Lt. Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain He went from modest New England professor to inspiring Union general. Joshua Chamberlain felt, as did millions of o...

Historical InformationHe believed he had to help. Sergeant Richard Rowland Kirkland looked out on the field of battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia a...

Historical InformationIn December of 1862, the small town of Fredericksburg, Virginia bore witness to one of the most one-sided battles of the enti...

Historical Information Several members of the Lincoln family in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley headed west to find a new life in the expanding nation...

Historical Information:It was a march to glory.At twilight on July 1, 1863, Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain and the troops of the 20th Maine set out ...

Historical InformationThe 54th Massachusetts Infantry was the first volunteer black regiment raised in the North. The ranks were filled with former...

Historical InformationLincoln’s cabinet members were the only witnesses when the president signed into law the Emancipation Proclamation on New Yea...

Historical Information On June 30, the eve of the battle of Gettysburg, General John Buford (walking in front of the Gettysburg Seminary) contempla...

Mort Künstler’s CommentsI painted The Fighting 69th because so many people asked for it. In 1991, I accepted a commission from the U.S. Army War Co...

Historical InformationWhen Lincoln was invited to make his speech, Americans were still trying to recover from the shock of 51,000 casualties incur...

Historical InformationOne of the greatest military victories in the history of the Western Hemisphere took place with the surrender of Vicksburg, o...

The Irish Brigade at Antietam Historical InformationSo many times, he was there when decisive leadership was so desperately needed. In the Peni...

Historical InformationIt was a desperate moment. The troops of the 20th Maine had been ordered to defend the left flank of the Federal line at Gett...

Gen. J. Buford, Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 Mort Künstler’s CommentsIn the painting, General John Buford and his staff have taken positions beh...

Chamberlain at Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862 Historical Information:Finally, it was their turn. For hours, Lieutenant Colonel Joshua L. Ch...

Historical InformationThe soldier’s life was a melancholy one; songs and stories always evoked thoughts of home. North and south, few young men had...

Historical Information:Although he was a well paid Illinois attorney when he ran for president, Abraham Lincoln had been born in backwoods poverty....

Historical InformationThe indignation which Abraham Lincoln felt about the Dred Scott decision led him back to politics in 1857. In the legendary s...

Historical InformationBy sheer determination, they slogged forward toward the enemy. They were the soldiers of the Union’s Army of the Potomac, and...

Rappahannock River, Va., December 25, 1862 Historical Information"We talked the matter over and could have settled the war in thirty minutes h...

Winfield S. Hancock Historical InformationIn the spring of 1861 when asked about his sentiments regarding the war, Winfield Hancock replied: “My po...

Ft. Donelson Campaign February 13, 1862 Historical InformationThey too fought for the Cause. America's Irish community – like so many other Ameri...

Gen. John Buford at Gettysburg, June 30, 1863 Historical InformationHe was first on the field – and may have saved the war's greatest battle fo...

Chamberlain at Gettysburg, July 2, 1863 Historical InformationThirty-four year-old Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain’s orders were clear and urg...

Gen. W. T. Sherman, Atlanta, November 15, 1864LIMITED EDITION PRINTS Giclée Canvas Prints Reproduction technique: Giclées are printed with the fin...