calsfoundation@cals.org
May 7, 2012
During the last two decades of the nineteenth century, large paintings memorializing Civil War battles were very popular. Called cycloramas, they were displayed in a continuous circle with objects arranged to give the painting a three-dimensional look. All that remains of the cyclorama of the Battle of Shiloh are stereo views such as the one shown here depicting the charge of the First Arkansas Infantry on April 6, 1862.