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Relics of War: The Image of the Wounded Veteran in Post-Civil War America

This interdisciplinary conference at Chesnutt Hill College examines the legacy of the Civil War through the depiction of wounded veterans in American society. The conference explores the marketing of disability and the use of images in popular culture as a means of shaping public perception.

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Relics of War: The Image of the Wounded Veteran in Post-Civil War America

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  1. Relics of War: The Image of the Wounded Veteran in Post-Civil War America The Legacy of the Civil War—An Interdisciplinary Conference Chesnutt Hill College November 10-12, 2011 John Casey, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago

  2. The Grand ReviewFig. 1. “Grand Review at Washington: Sherman’s Army Crossing the Long Bridge.” Harper’s Weekly. Engraving. June 10, 1865. Harpweek.com.

  3. Wounded Warriors Come HomeFig. 2. Winslow Homer. “Our Watering Places—The Empty Sleeve at Newport.” Harper’s Weekly. Engraving. August 26, 1865. Harpweek.com.

  4. Marketing Disability—The Case of Charles Cummings.Fig. 3. “Advertisement for Crandall’s Patent Crutch.” The Great War Relic. Circa 1885. Newberry Library. Chicago, IL.

  5. Marketing Disability—Cont. Fig. 4. The Great War Relic. Cover #1. Circa 1885. Newberry Library. Chicago, IL.

  6. Marketing Disability—Cont. Fig. 5. The Great War Relic. Cover #2. Circa 1888. Newberry Library. Chicago, IL.

  7. Marketing Disability—Cont.Fig. 6. The Great War Relic. First Page. 1888, 1891, and 1892 Editions. Newberry Library. Chicago, IL. William L. Clements Library. Ann Arbor, MI. Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.

  8. Marketing Disability—Cont. Fig. 7. The Great War Relic. Cover #3. Circa 1892. Library of Congress. Online via HathiTrust Digital Library.

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