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

The Legacy of the Civil War—An Interdisciplinary ConferenceChesnutt Hill CollegeNovember 10-12, 2011

John Casey, PhDUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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