Civil War Era Primary Sources
Exploring a few of the thousands of primary sources related to the Civil WarCivil War Era Paintings
The American Civil War was the first war to bring the fighting home to everyone as seen through the eyes of photographers and artists. Artists would draw scenes from battlefields, some would capture life in camp while others captured portraits of soldiers. Through these sketches and paintings, we have a truer sense of the realities of the Civil War.
U.S. Civil War Center — Images and Art
POLITICAL CARTOONS: The Mexican War and Slavery
POLITICAL CARTOONS: The Civil War
POLITICAL CARTOONS: The South Secedes
Cartoons and Caricatures of the Civil War
Conrad Vogel’s Coloring Book of the Civil War
Thomas Nast Comes to the Relief of Fort Sumter (not a moment too soon)
