The Civil War and American Art

New Book from Yale University Press and the Smithsonian American Art MuseumFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Civil War and American Art, by Eleanor Jones Harvey About the Book “Eleanor Jones Harvey’s The Civil War and American Art is the rare book that connects the dots between art and history so well that the reader assumes that the subject is well-worn. It is not.” —Tyler Green, Modern Art Notes · Complements a major exhibition on view now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum  and travelling to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in May 2013. · Publishing on the eve of the 150th