The Huntington commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Civil
War with a new exhibition centered solely on its Civil War
imagery, complemented by a companion exhibition of manuscript
material providing narrative context. Events, lectures, a
special exhibition site, articles, audio, videos, and a Living
History Day all contributed to The Civil War at The Huntington,
a deeper look at the complicated war that took the lives of
three quarters of a million people. The gallery exhibitions have
closed, but the collections and content may be explored via
special exhibition sites, iTunes U, and Verso, below. | || ||“A
Strange and Fearful Interest: Death, Mourning, and Memory in the
American Civil War”, (Oct. 13, 2012–Jan. 14, 2013) a major
exhibition of about 200 original photographs related to the
Civil War explored how images explained, reflected, and shaped a
national fixation on death and mourning. A companion exhibition,
“A Just Cause: Voices of the American Civil War,” (Sept. 22,
2012–Jan. 7, 2013) explored the