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County’s history. A stage set filled with figures transforms the gallery into the waterfront at
Peekskill and the artist’s imagining of this historical event on the eve of the Civil War.
During a ten-day journey from Springfield, Illinois to Washington D.C. for his
inauguration in 1861, President-elect Lincoln stopped in several major cities and paused

in Peekskill before entering
New York City. Larger than
life, Lincoln at the back of his
train arrives and is greeted by
excited admirers — a colorful
array of citizens, children,
railroad workers, a brass
band, and militia volunteers.

Who Fought to
Save the Union

Images and objects that show

Winslow Homer. “The Army of the Potomac — a Sharp-shooter on the art and culture of the
Picket Duty.” Harper’s Weekly, November 15, 1862 nation and New York at the

time of the Civil War are drawn from

the Museum’s Permanent Collection to

augment Red Grooms’s Civil War and

Lincoln exhibitions. Themes include a

soldier’s call to arms, Lincoln as presi-

dent and martyr, and the long memory

of the war’s veterans. Harper’s Weekly,

an American political magazine, report-

ed news from the frontlines, complete

with illustrations based on sketches by

artist-reporters, such as Winslow Homer

and Edwin Forbes. Several of Homer’s

wood engravings and a painting by

Forbes show Union soldiers in battle

and in quiet moments in camp.

Red Grooms. Lincoln On the Hudson, 2016. Detail 5
Model for a full-scale sculpto-pictorama constructed
in the Museum galleries