The American Civil War is typically regarded as

The American Civil War is typically regarded as the first major world battle that was 'observed' by the general population while it occurred. It was through the work of Civil War artists and photographers that the people of the United States and Europe were given their images of the war.

During the Civil War there were more than 10, 000 terrible armed conflicts between the North and South and many prints and paintings depict particular battles. During the War, however, few artists actually drew battle scenes. Many sketched scenes of camp and quiet moments in the soldiers' army life, as few artists were close enough to see the sheer terror that soldiers experienced in battle.

Among the many highly recognized artists who have created works based on the Civil War are Conrad Wise Chapman (1842 -1913), Edward Lamson Henry (1841 -1919), Winslow Homer(18361910), James Hope (1818 -1892), Eastman Johnson ((1824 -1906), Theodore Kaufmann (1814 -1896) Thomas Nast (18401902), Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 -1907), and William Aiken Walker (1838 -1921).

Conrad Wise Chapman (1842 - 1910)

Edward Lamson Henry (January 12, 1841 – May 9, 1919), commonly known as E. L. Henry, was an American genre painter Unexpected Visitors

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Winslow Homer (February 24, 1836 – September 29, 1910) was an American landscape painter and printmake

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Eastman Johnson (July 29, 1824 – April 5, 1906) was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

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Theodore Kaufmann (December 18, 1814 – 1896) was an artist who worked mostly in the United States.

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Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist who was the "Father of the American Cartoon"

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens was an sculptor Beaux. American sculptor of the Beaux. Arts generation who most embodied the ideals of the American "American Renaissance "

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William Aiken Walker (March 11, 1839 – January 3, 1921) was an American artist best known for genre paintings of black sharecroppers.

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