Fort Anderson, Paducah, Kentucky and the Camp of the 6th Illinois Cavalry, April 1862 Size:36x24 In Remembrance of the One

In Remembrance of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States 1876 — a Centennial chromolithograph issued in the long shadow of the war

and Gulf sunsets lithographed in colors only the tropics could justify

or any room built around the idea that small things deserve careful attention

Louisiana New Orleans arrives wrapped in wrought-iron balconies and the slow brown coil of the Mississippi — lithographed views of the French Quarter

and rose gardens spilling across Washington Park — a city of lumber barons and rain-slick streetcars cataloged in linen and real-photo postcards from the rail-and-roses era

Fort Anderson, Paducah, Kentucky and the Camp of the 6th Illinois Cavalry, April 1862 Size:36x24 In Remembrance of the OneFort Anderson, Paducah, Kentucky and the Camp of the 6th Illinois Cavalry, April 1862 a documentary view of the Ohio River garrison that anchored Grant's western flank, its picketed tents and earthworks drawn with the patient hand of a soldier who knew the war was only beginning to find its shape. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical