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Georgia Barnhill, Curator of Graphic Arts Emerita at the American Antiquarian Society, discusses the popular prints that were published during the Civil War and considers the ways they were used as decoration, education, commemoration, illustration, and propaganda. This talk took place on July 17, 2012, as part of The Visual Culture of the American Civil War, an NEH Summer Institute for College and University Teachers.

Watch the lecture: Visual Culture of the American Civil War: Prints