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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC00493.15 |
From Archive Folder | Confederate war etchings |
Title | Tracks of the armies |
Date | ca. 1880-1890 |
Author | Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912) |
Document Type | Artwork |
Content Description | Depicts a Confederate soldier returning home to find his home destroyed and his wife and dog dead. All of his belongings lay scattered and ruined, while in the distance another building burns. Vultures are perched above, more symbols of death. It is significant to note that the bare breast of the dead wife is exposed in the rubble, suggesting that she may have been the victim of sexual assault as well as murder. Although Volck does not specify which army committed such atrocities against civilians in his title, it was understood by all who viewed the sketch that it was the Union army that was implicated. Size in extent is for the mount. The actual size of the etching is 20.5 x 26.6 cm. Title in pencil on verso. |
Subjects | Art, Music, Theater, and Film Atrocity Women's History Children and Family Propaganda Confederate States of America Military History Civil War Union Forces |
People | Volck, Adalbert John (1828-1912) |
Place written | s.l. |
Theme | Government & Politics; The American Civil War; Women in American History |
Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
Additional Information | Adalbert John Volck was a dentist, political cartoonist, and a caricaturist who sympathized with the Southern cause. During the Civil War, Volck supported the Confederacy through his satirical political cartoons. He also smuggled drugs and medical supplies for the Confederate army, and served as a personal courier to President Jefferson Davis. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |