Our Generals
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
NPG.84.364
Tags
Ambrose Powell Hill: MaleConfederate ArmyBraxton Bragg: MaleCivil WarGeneralCivil engineerBusinesspersonJames Longstreet: MaleConfederate ArmyMajor General
About this artwork
Music profoundly influenced the Civil War. Martial tunes rallied troops and galvanized the home front. Sentimental ballads expressed the yearning of separated loved ones. Spirituals promised freedom to the enslaved. Confederates found their theme song in âDixie,â while the North embraced âThe Battle Hymn of the Republic,â with lyrics by Julia Ward Howe, whose portrait hangs nearby.