Civil War

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During the Civil War, the illustrated newspapers hired artists to follow the armies and send back sketches and drawings which were then engraved and published. Local artists in the path of the war also sent drawings to the publishers as did military personnel. Naval officers sent drawings of their ships and the war at sea. The drawings were mailed, carried by paid curriers and entrusted to others traveling north. Speed was paramount. Artists were usually paid by the sketch. Well known and established artists were sometimes given a regular salary and field allowance.

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Civil War

Harper's Weekly Civil War

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Harper's Magazine Vol 32	The War Between The States, Civil War	An Artist's Story of the Great War	An Artist's Story of the Great War
The History of Our Country, 17 Issues	The United States Secret Service in the Late War	Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War No. 1	Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War No. 4
Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War No. 5	Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War No. 13	Winslow Homer Civil War Harper's Weekly, May 17, 1862	Winslow Homer Harper's Weekly Cover
Winslow Homer Engraving from Harper's Weekly	Civil War Map of the War in Virginia from Harper's Weekly	Engraving of the Fleet Entering the Mississippi from Harper's Weekly	Engraving of Fort Macon from Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly, June 8, 1861	Cover From Harper's Weekly, June 8, 1861	Winslow Homer Engraving from Harper's Weekly	Ellsworth's Zouaves from Harper's Weekly

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