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The Becker Collection and First Hand: Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection

The Becker Collection contains hundreds of drawings created in the 1860s and '70s by Joseph Becker and other artist-reporters for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly. Since 2007, a project team at Boston College - including Sheila Gallagher, Associate Professor of Fine Arts and Becker's great-great granddaughter - has been working to archive and digitize collection materials. Currently, visitors...

https://cte.bc.edu/cteportal/public/auth/signin/home
Massachusetts Historical Society: Civil War

For many people, Massachusetts' role in the Civil War may be summed up by the impressive sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens that dominates one corner of the Boston Common. It depicts Colonel Robert Shaw leading the 54th Regiment (which was made up of African Americans) down Beacon Street in 1863 before they went off to battle in South Carolina. Those persons looking to learn more about the role...

http://www.masshist.org/online/civilwar/index.php
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Britain and the American Civil War

During the Civil War, both the Confederacy and the Union tried to curry favor with Britain in order to support their respective causes. This online exhibition explores these relationships through original period maps, photographs, diplomatic documents, and much more. The Highlights area is a great place to start, as it showcases great finds from the collection including Civil War songs, silk cords...

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/uscivilwar/index.htm...
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