The Civil War Imagined and Real

Timothy and Jeanne Drone’s recent gift of prints and artifacts serves as the inspiration for The Civil War Imagined and Real. Their continued support inspires the imagination and enhances the learning of SLU students in a variety of disciplines. The exhibition The Civil War Imagined and Real will offer a great opportunity for multidisciplinary engagement. Activities such as lectures, tours, community partnerships, and interactive media projects related to the exhibition create opportunities for students of all ages to expand their knowledge.

The exhibition includes prints by Kurz & Allison, Currier & Ives, and others, which offer a wide range of images that captured the public’s imagination. In addition, images from the Library of Congress and artifacts from SLU Medical Library illustrate the forgotten legacy the war had on medical advancements and public health. The images from the Library of Congress also illustrate technological advancements, such as aerial reconnaissance, the telegraph, long range weapons, the Minie bullet, the Gatling Gun, ironclad warships, submarines, and torpedoes.

In addition to the prints in the The Civil War Imagined and Real exhibition, Timothy and Jeanne Drone gifted artworks by notable regional artists, such as George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Hart Benton, Joe Jones, Karl Bodmer, George Caitlin and many Mississippian, and Native American artifacts.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website