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One of its artists\n         was Frank Vizetelly (1830-1883); he covered the Civil War for\n         British readers. Early on, he illustrated the war from the\n         Union side but was later allowed to draw from the Confederate\n         side. Artists like Vizetelly sometimes did more than draw,\n         though. He acted as a messenger for Confederate General James\n         Longstreet at the battle of Chickamauga. Vizetelly was also a\n         staff aide for the Confederates at the battle of\n         Fredericksburg and was present at Charleston, South Carolina,\n         when it was besieged. Because of such personal involvement by\n         artists, many engravings were not made by detached observers,\n         but by active participants in history unfolding.","Frank Leslie (1821-1880) was another artist who began his\n         career as an engraver in 1842 and eventually published his own\n         newspaper, which he titled, Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper. The newspaper also covered the Civil War. Leslie\n         used a large number of illustrations in his newspaper to\n         increase circulation. Images from Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper are well represented in Northern Virginia Images\n         Collection, including several images from the German language\n         edition of the newspaper.","Another popular periodical of the time was Harper's Weekly.\n         It first appeared in 1857 and became one of the most important\n         and influential periodicals in nineteenth century America,\n         notably during the Civil War. Two prominent artists for\n         Harper's Weekly during this period were Alfred Waud\n         (1828-1891) and Thomas Nast (1840-1902). Engravings by both\n         are included in Northern Virginia Images Collection. Waud was\n         primarily assigned to the eastern front and covered the war\n         from the Battle of First Manassas to the Confederacy's\n         surrender at Appomattox Court House. Thomas Nast (who later\n         became famous for creating the roly- poly figure in red we now\n         know as Santa Claus) worked largely in New York for most of\n         the war. One of the major exceptions to this was when he spent\n         time in the Union camp during the Battle of Gettysburg. Nast's\n         sympathies were for the Union side, which, naturally, bothered\n         Southerners, who often sent threatening letters to Nast at the\n         Harper's Weekly office. By and large, The Illustrated London\n         News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper's\n         Weekly illustrated the Civil War from the Northern\n         point-of-view.","Many of today's\n         Northern Virginia residents only know the area as a population\n         outgrowth of Washington, D.C. Despite this cosmopolitan\n         reputation, it was largely farm country at the time of the\n         Civil War through World War II. Few realize that the area was\n         the frequent battleground for large contending forces. Yet,\n         many of the areas that are depicted in the images still exist\n         today but under much different circumstances. Some of the areas included in these images have\n         undergone radical cultural changes as well. An Islamic Mosque\n         now occupies Munson Hill, which Confederate forces occupied\n         under General J.E.B. 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Though wood\n         engraving was invented as an illustrative technique in the\n         1790s, it was the later appearance of the mass illustrated\n         newspaper that took advantage of the technique to appeal to a\n         wide readership.","Although pictorial images comprise the majority of images\n         in the collection, there are also numerous maps, most of which\n         were produced by lithography. A number were produced for\n         military purposes and employed by both the North and South\n         alike. Maps made during the Civil War were often exceedingly\n         accurate; their usefulness carried on into the twentieth\n         century.","The collection contains images and maps depicting Northern Virginia. A majority of the images are contemporary illustrations of the Civil War in Virginia. Formats include wood engravings, steel engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, and a manuscript.\n","George Mason University.  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Thomas Nast (who later\n         became famous for creating the roly- poly figure in red we now\n         know as Santa Claus) worked largely in New York for most of\n         the war. One of the major exceptions to this was when he spent\n         time in the Union camp during the Battle of Gettysburg. Nast's\n         sympathies were for the Union side, which, naturally, bothered\n         Southerners, who often sent threatening letters to Nast at the\n         Harper's Weekly office. By and large, The Illustrated London\n         News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper's\n         Weekly illustrated the Civil War from the Northern\n         point-of-view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany of today's\n         Northern Virginia residents only know the area as a population\n         outgrowth of Washington, D.C. Despite this cosmopolitan\n         reputation, it was largely farm country at the time of the\n         Civil War through World War II. Few realize that the area was\n         the frequent battleground for large contending forces. Yet,\n         many of the areas that are depicted in the images still exist\n         today but under much different circumstances. Some of the areas included in these images have\n         undergone radical cultural changes as well. An Islamic Mosque\n         now occupies Munson Hill, which Confederate forces occupied\n         under General J.E.B. Stuart during early days of the war.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Illustrated London News was one of the first newspapers\n         to employ wood engravings on a wide scale. One of its artists\n         was Frank Vizetelly (1830-1883); he covered the Civil War for\n         British readers. Early on, he illustrated the war from the\n         Union side but was later allowed to draw from the Confederate\n         side. Artists like Vizetelly sometimes did more than draw,\n         though. He acted as a messenger for Confederate General James\n         Longstreet at the battle of Chickamauga. Vizetelly was also a\n         staff aide for the Confederates at the battle of\n         Fredericksburg and was present at Charleston, South Carolina,\n         when it was besieged. Because of such personal involvement by\n         artists, many engravings were not made by detached observers,\n         but by active participants in history unfolding.","Frank Leslie (1821-1880) was another artist who began his\n         career as an engraver in 1842 and eventually published his own\n         newspaper, which he titled, Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper. The newspaper also covered the Civil War. Leslie\n         used a large number of illustrations in his newspaper to\n         increase circulation. 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Thomas Nast (who later\n         became famous for creating the roly- poly figure in red we now\n         know as Santa Claus) worked largely in New York for most of\n         the war. One of the major exceptions to this was when he spent\n         time in the Union camp during the Battle of Gettysburg. Nast's\n         sympathies were for the Union side, which, naturally, bothered\n         Southerners, who often sent threatening letters to Nast at the\n         Harper's Weekly office. By and large, The Illustrated London\n         News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper's\n         Weekly illustrated the Civil War from the Northern\n         point-of-view.","Many of today's\n         Northern Virginia residents only know the area as a population\n         outgrowth of Washington, D.C. Despite this cosmopolitan\n         reputation, it was largely farm country at the time of the\n         Civil War through World War II. Few realize that the area was\n         the frequent battleground for large contending forces. Yet,\n         many of the areas that are depicted in the images still exist\n         today but under much different circumstances. Some of the areas included in these images have\n         undergone radical cultural changes as well. An Islamic Mosque\n         now occupies Munson Hill, which Confederate forces occupied\n         under General J.E.B. Stuart during early days of the war."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection \n         consists of nearly 200 images on various historical subjects\n         in a variety of formats, including wood engravings, steel\n         engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, maps, and\n         manuscripts. Most of the images depict battles and maps\n         of the Civil War. The maps include the cities of Arlington and\n         Alexandria and the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince\n         William. 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One of its artists\n         was Frank Vizetelly (1830-1883); he covered the Civil War for\n         British readers. Early on, he illustrated the war from the\n         Union side but was later allowed to draw from the Confederate\n         side. Artists like Vizetelly sometimes did more than draw,\n         though. He acted as a messenger for Confederate General James\n         Longstreet at the battle of Chickamauga. Vizetelly was also a\n         staff aide for the Confederates at the battle of\n         Fredericksburg and was present at Charleston, South Carolina,\n         when it was besieged. Because of such personal involvement by\n         artists, many engravings were not made by detached observers,\n         but by active participants in history unfolding.","Frank Leslie (1821-1880) was another artist who began his\n         career as an engraver in 1842 and eventually published his own\n         newspaper, which he titled, Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper. The newspaper also covered the Civil War. Leslie\n         used a large number of illustrations in his newspaper to\n         increase circulation. Images from Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper are well represented in Northern Virginia Images\n         Collection, including several images from the German language\n         edition of the newspaper.","Another popular periodical of the time was Harper's Weekly.\n         It first appeared in 1857 and became one of the most important\n         and influential periodicals in nineteenth century America,\n         notably during the Civil War. Two prominent artists for\n         Harper's Weekly during this period were Alfred Waud\n         (1828-1891) and Thomas Nast (1840-1902). Engravings by both\n         are included in Northern Virginia Images Collection. Waud was\n         primarily assigned to the eastern front and covered the war\n         from the Battle of First Manassas to the Confederacy's\n         surrender at Appomattox Court House. Thomas Nast (who later\n         became famous for creating the roly- poly figure in red we now\n         know as Santa Claus) worked largely in New York for most of\n         the war. One of the major exceptions to this was when he spent\n         time in the Union camp during the Battle of Gettysburg. Nast's\n         sympathies were for the Union side, which, naturally, bothered\n         Southerners, who often sent threatening letters to Nast at the\n         Harper's Weekly office. By and large, The Illustrated London\n         News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper's\n         Weekly illustrated the Civil War from the Northern\n         point-of-view.","Many of today's\n         Northern Virginia residents only know the area as a population\n         outgrowth of Washington, D.C. Despite this cosmopolitan\n         reputation, it was largely farm country at the time of the\n         Civil War through World War II. Few realize that the area was\n         the frequent battleground for large contending forces. Yet,\n         many of the areas that are depicted in the images still exist\n         today but under much different circumstances. Some of the areas included in these images have\n         undergone radical cultural changes as well. An Islamic Mosque\n         now occupies Munson Hill, which Confederate forces occupied\n         under General J.E.B. 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Thomas Nast (who later\n         became famous for creating the roly- poly figure in red we now\n         know as Santa Claus) worked largely in New York for most of\n         the war. One of the major exceptions to this was when he spent\n         time in the Union camp during the Battle of Gettysburg. Nast's\n         sympathies were for the Union side, which, naturally, bothered\n         Southerners, who often sent threatening letters to Nast at the\n         Harper's Weekly office. By and large, The Illustrated London\n         News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper's\n         Weekly illustrated the Civil War from the Northern\n         point-of-view.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMany of today's\n         Northern Virginia residents only know the area as a population\n         outgrowth of Washington, D.C. Despite this cosmopolitan\n         reputation, it was largely farm country at the time of the\n         Civil War through World War II. Few realize that the area was\n         the frequent battleground for large contending forces. Yet,\n         many of the areas that are depicted in the images still exist\n         today but under much different circumstances. Some of the areas included in these images have\n         undergone radical cultural changes as well. An Islamic Mosque\n         now occupies Munson Hill, which Confederate forces occupied\n         under General J.E.B. Stuart during early days of the war.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Illustrated London News was one of the first newspapers\n         to employ wood engravings on a wide scale. One of its artists\n         was Frank Vizetelly (1830-1883); he covered the Civil War for\n         British readers. Early on, he illustrated the war from the\n         Union side but was later allowed to draw from the Confederate\n         side. Artists like Vizetelly sometimes did more than draw,\n         though. He acted as a messenger for Confederate General James\n         Longstreet at the battle of Chickamauga. Vizetelly was also a\n         staff aide for the Confederates at the battle of\n         Fredericksburg and was present at Charleston, South Carolina,\n         when it was besieged. Because of such personal involvement by\n         artists, many engravings were not made by detached observers,\n         but by active participants in history unfolding.","Frank Leslie (1821-1880) was another artist who began his\n         career as an engraver in 1842 and eventually published his own\n         newspaper, which he titled, Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper. The newspaper also covered the Civil War. Leslie\n         used a large number of illustrations in his newspaper to\n         increase circulation. Images from Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper are well represented in Northern Virginia Images\n         Collection, including several images from the German language\n         edition of the newspaper.","Another popular periodical of the time was Harper's Weekly.\n         It first appeared in 1857 and became one of the most important\n         and influential periodicals in nineteenth century America,\n         notably during the Civil War. Two prominent artists for\n         Harper's Weekly during this period were Alfred Waud\n         (1828-1891) and Thomas Nast (1840-1902). Engravings by both\n         are included in Northern Virginia Images Collection. Waud was\n         primarily assigned to the eastern front and covered the war\n         from the Battle of First Manassas to the Confederacy's\n         surrender at Appomattox Court House. Thomas Nast (who later\n         became famous for creating the roly- poly figure in red we now\n         know as Santa Claus) worked largely in New York for most of\n         the war. One of the major exceptions to this was when he spent\n         time in the Union camp during the Battle of Gettysburg. Nast's\n         sympathies were for the Union side, which, naturally, bothered\n         Southerners, who often sent threatening letters to Nast at the\n         Harper's Weekly office. By and large, The Illustrated London\n         News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper's\n         Weekly illustrated the Civil War from the Northern\n         point-of-view.","Many of today's\n         Northern Virginia residents only know the area as a population\n         outgrowth of Washington, D.C. Despite this cosmopolitan\n         reputation, it was largely farm country at the time of the\n         Civil War through World War II. Few realize that the area was\n         the frequent battleground for large contending forces. Yet,\n         many of the areas that are depicted in the images still exist\n         today but under much different circumstances. Some of the areas included in these images have\n         undergone radical cultural changes as well. An Islamic Mosque\n         now occupies Munson Hill, which Confederate forces occupied\n         under General J.E.B. Stuart during early days of the war."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection \n         consists of nearly 200 images on various historical subjects\n         in a variety of formats, including wood engravings, steel\n         engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, maps, and\n         manuscripts. Most of the images depict battles and maps\n         of the Civil War. The maps include the cities of Arlington and\n         Alexandria and the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince\n         William. Columbia Pike,\n         Chain Bridge, Long Bridge, the Little River Turnpike,\n         Centreville and Manassas all existed at the time of the Civil\n         War and all of them are represented or referenced in these\n         images. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost of the Civil War images are from three periodicals:\n         The Illustrated London News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper, and Harper's Weekly. They are primarily wood\n         engravings, several of which are hand colored. Though wood\n         engraving was invented as an illustrative technique in the\n         1790s, it was the later appearance of the mass illustrated\n         newspaper that took advantage of the technique to appeal to a\n         wide readership.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlthough pictorial images comprise the majority of images\n         in the collection, there are also numerous maps, most of which\n         were produced by lithography. A number were produced for\n         military purposes and employed by both the North and South\n         alike. Maps made during the Civil War were often exceedingly\n         accurate; their usefulness carried on into the twentieth\n         century.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The collection \n         consists of nearly 200 images on various historical subjects\n         in a variety of formats, including wood engravings, steel\n         engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, maps, and\n         manuscripts. Most of the images depict battles and maps\n         of the Civil War. The maps include the cities of Arlington and\n         Alexandria and the counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince\n         William. Columbia Pike,\n         Chain Bridge, Long Bridge, the Little River Turnpike,\n         Centreville and Manassas all existed at the time of the Civil\n         War and all of them are represented or referenced in these\n         images. ","Most of the Civil War images are from three periodicals:\n         The Illustrated London News, Frank Leslie's Illustrated\n         Newspaper, and Harper's Weekly. They are primarily wood\n         engravings, several of which are hand colored. Though wood\n         engraving was invented as an illustrative technique in the\n         1790s, it was the later appearance of the mass illustrated\n         newspaper that took advantage of the technique to appeal to a\n         wide readership.","Although pictorial images comprise the majority of images\n         in the collection, there are also numerous maps, most of which\n         were produced by lithography. A number were produced for\n         military purposes and employed by both the North and South\n         alike. Maps made during the Civil War were often exceedingly\n         accurate; their usefulness carried on into the twentieth\n         century."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThe collection contains images and maps depicting Northern Virginia. A majority of the images are contemporary illustrations of the Civil War in Virginia. Formats include wood engravings, steel engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, and a manuscript.\n\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["The collection contains images and maps depicting Northern Virginia. A majority of the images are contemporary illustrations of the Civil War in Virginia. Formats include wood engravings, steel engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, and a manuscript.\n"],"names_ssim":["George Mason University.  Special Collections and Archives.\n"],"corpname_ssim":["George Mason University.  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