BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Exhibit @ Visitor Center: Civil War Boys

DC -- Lincoln Cottage -- Exhibit @ Visitor Center: Civil War Boys:

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Description of Pictures: Special Exhibit: Civil War Boys
Rarely seen prints and other objects from our collection are interpreted through the hit song “Boys” — a retro funk song from soulful, popular singer, Lizzo. This whimsical exhibit is currently on display in the Robert H. Smith Visitor Center.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. LINCBO_200228_003.JPG: Civil War "Boys" In 2011, a blog on Tumblr called "My Daguerreotype Boyfriend" became an internet sensation. This web-based photo album invites people to add old photographs of objectively handsome men from the 1830s to the 1910s. The site boasts thousands of early photos of scientists and artists, athletes and writers, many of whom went on to become famous in their respective fields. However, the images that really stand out are those of unidentified young men in uniform, mostly from the Civil War. These photos resonate in part because they reveal the uncertainty of war and the innocence of youth, both potent reflections of a war whose reverberations continue to be felt. "My Dagguerrotype Boyfriend" is not alone in its playful approach to historic figures. So, when our curatorial staff saw a meme on Instagram that interpreted "Boys" -- a retro funk song from soulful, popular singer, Lizzo -- through Civil War prints, we wanted to have our own fun. Civil War "Boys" looks at people and found objects from our collection in a different, more lighthearted way.
2. LINCBO_200228_007.JPG: Winfield Scott Lithograph, 1852 Standing six feet, five inches and weighing nearly 300 pounds, General Winfield Scott was a larger than life figure with a long and storied career in the United States military. He was an associate to every president from Thomas Jefferson to Abraham Lincoln and served i major military conflicts from the War of 1812 to the early stages of the US Civil War. Scott played a pivotal role in establishing the Old Soldiers' Home, on whose grounds the Cottage sits.
3. LINCBO_200228_012.JPG: George McClellan Lithograph, ca. 1863 During the US Civil War, General George McClellan served for a short time as the commanding general of the Union Army. McClellan, referred to as "Little Mac" by those he commanded, was well liked by the troops, but failed to retain the trust of the Commander-in-Chief, President Abraham Lincoln. While at the Soldiers' Home in the summer of 1862, President Lincoln confided to a longtime friend and Illinois Senator Orville Browning, of his growing frustrations with McClellan's inaction on the battlefield.
4. LINCBO_200228_017.JPG: i like big boys itty bitty boys
5. LINCBO_200228_021.JPG: mississippi boys
6. LINCBO_200228_024.JPG: Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA Lithograph, 1865 Abraham Lincoln spent much of early summer 1863 at the Soldiers' Home preoccupied by the fighting in Pennsylvania and Mississippi. In a series of maneuvers over several weeks, then Major General Ulysses Grant successfully drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi into defensive lines that surrounded Vicksburg, Mississippi. Finally, on July 4, 1863, the Confederate's last remaining stronghold on the Mississippi River surrendered. Nearly 10,000 Confederate soldiers were killed or wounded during the siege, and Vicksburg's fall meant that Union forces were in control of the Mississippi River -- a turning point for the Western Theater of the war.
7. LINCBO_200228_026.JPG: get your nails did, let it blow dry
8. LINCBO_200228_031.JPG: inner city boys
9. LINCBO_200228_038.JPG: i like the pretty boy with the bowtie
10. LINCBO_200228_041.JPG: Abraham Lincoln, The Nation's Martyr Lithograph, 1865 While many primary source accounts of Lincoln's time at the Soldiers' Home offer a more casual view of the President, the predominant image of him includes his signature frock coat, stovepipe hat, and bowtie with diamond points.
11. LINCBO_200228_048.JPG: get your nails did, let it blow dry
12. LINCBO_200228_049.JPG: Nails Metal, before 1850 The Cottage -- which has since become known as President Lincoln's Cottage -- was built for Washington banker, George Washington Riggs in 1842. While there is known about who wielded the hammer that struck these nails, we do know that George Riggs was an enslaver who owned at least one person in 1850.
13. LINCBO_200228_054.JPG: i like a big beard i like a clean face
14. LINCBO_200228_057.JPG: Edwin Stanton Photograph, ca 1865 In his official capacity as Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton was described by a contemporary as "honest, warm-hearted... hateful, and cruel." An ambitious man, Stanton secured a cottage on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home for his family, which put the Stantons and the Lincolns in close contact with each other. The two families shared triumphs and tragedies and Lincoln's relationship with Secretary Stanton developed into a personal and professional one that was essential to the nation's survival.
15. LINCBO_200228_062.JPG: William Seward Lithograph, c 1865
16. LINCBO_200228_069.JPG: i don't discriminate
17. LINCBO_200228_072.JPG: Emancipation Proclamation Broadside, ca 1865 The Emancipation Proclamation was perhaps one of the first nails in the coffin of legal slavery in the United States. While the practical effects of the Proclamation may be debatable, emancipation was a promise that made ending legal slavery an aim of the Union Army for the first time in American history. Lincoln developed his ideas on the Proclamation in the summer of 1862 while living here at the Cottage.
18. LINCBO_200228_078.JPG: Goblet Glass, 1861, with sterling silver added early 20th century Abraham Lincoln purportedly used this glass on April 13, 1865, his last recorded visit to the Soldiers' Home, one day before his assassination. It is unclear whether the reference to Lincoln's last visit is in relation to his last ride out to the Home or if it is a reference to his last season in residence. The crystal glass is a direct match to the Lincolns' White House crystal service and remains a tangible link to President Lincoln's time at Soldiers' Home.
19. LINCBO_200228_081.JPG: from the play boys
20. LINCBO_200228_083.JPG: The Complete Works of Shakespeare Volume 3 Paper, ca 1854-1856 By 1861, Abraham Lincoln had access to many volumes of Shakespeare's plays, which were typically produced in handsome volumes boasting scholarly commentary, beautiful artwork, and famous Shakespearean actors. At the time, none were more famous than the Booth family including Junius Brutus Booth (father), Edwin Booth (son) and John Wilkes Booth (Lincoln's eventual assassinator).
21. LINCBO_200228_093.JPG: to the gay boys
22. LINCBO_200228_098.JPG: Yankee Volunteers Marching into Dixie Lithograph, ca 1862 This portrayal of Yankee forces marching into Dixie at the start of the Civil War shows a large troop of men dressed as Brother Jonathan, a precursor to Uncle Sam. Based on English characters, Brother Jonathan was a holdover from the Revolutionary War and was considered a "dandy" for his brightly colored pantaloons, top hat, and iconic boots. Some scholars suggest this outfit, which became synonymous with America herself, was meant as an early English homophobic insult implying American soldiers were gay.
23. LINCBO_200228_105.JPG: go and slay boys
24. LINCBO_200228_107.JPG: The Defenders of Our Union Engraving, ca 1861 The Union Army boasted more than 550 generals during the Civil War. Oft criticized for the appointment of "political generals," Lincoln maintained strategic oversights of the military effort. As a hands-on Commander-in-Chief, Lincoln ensured that his overriding goal to preserve the Union was maintained. For Lincoln, a war to preserve the Union became linked to freeing those enslaved in states in rebellion against it.
25. LINCBO_200228_113.JPG: Lincoln and His Cabinet: The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Lithograph, ca 1864 Much has been made of Lincoln's selections for cabinet secretaries and the then unconventional practice of assembling a group of advisors who represented the best at what they did, regardless of party affiliation or personal support of the President. This print depicts the Lincoln's Cabinet as he shared with them the Emancipation Proclamation.
26. LINCBO_200228_120.JPG: The lyrics in this exhibit are from Lizzo's song "Boys" (2018), written by Lizzo (Melissa Jefferson), Nate Mercereau, Ricky Reed, and Aaron Puckett and produced by Ricky Reed. Our curatorial staff was inspired by Julia Wall's Twitter thread on boys of the Civil War. You can see her original tweets at @wall_jules
27. LINCBO_200228_123.JPG: you my fave boys
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