Philadelphians at the Battlefront - Civil War History Consortium

2. Copy of the memorial presented to Congress by Meeting for Suffering from the
Philadelphia yearly meetings –about the Civil War and how Quakers would suffer
36(1863)213.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Paintings
1. The Battle of USS “Kearsarge” and CSS “Alabama” by Edouard Manet
Battle took place off the coast of France 1864, captured Manet’s imagination.
The defeated Confederate commerce raider the Alabama eventually ended up in
the Philadelphia Navy Yard with other captured blockade runners.
The Alabama was renamed New Hampshire during the war.
Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
1. Matthew Brady photo- mounted cannon CW not identified where cannon
located. Print by Ansel Adams
2. Matthew Brady photograph Docks and Boats C appears to be paddle boat
in distance. Locale not identified—my guess is Vicksburg area. Ansel
Adams print.
3. 2 color lithos East and West View of Schuylkill Falls Laboratory. Ca
1860 Powers and Weightman 1977-104-2 and 1977-104-1 Laboratory in
operation till 1953 made chemicals such as vitriol nitric acid, Epsom salts,
iodides, narcotics and quinine for use in the manufacture and
compounding of pharmaceuticals (could cross list in medical)
4. Civil War Camp (not specifically identified with Philadelphians) by M.
Brady and print by Ansel Adams
5. Army of the Potomac Sleeping on their Arms from May 8, 1864 Harper’s
Weekly-wood engraving—poor condition (could cross list in home front)
6. Sherman’s Advance into Northern Georgia from May 28, 1864 from
Harper’s Weekly. Condition listed as fair. (could cross-list in home front)
7. The War in East Tennessee-Drawing Artillery through the Mountains from
November 21, 1863 Harper’s Weekly. Condition fair. (could cross list home front)
(Note the Harper’s images are not necessarily Philadelphia soldier
specific, but they were one of the principle ways that people not at the battle front had
their impressions of the battle and progress of war shaped)