And we’re still divided

“The past is never dead. It's not even past" — William Faulkner (1897-1962) of Mississippi in his 1950 novel Requiem for a Nun

Col. John Blackburne Woodward, Maj. Joseph B. Leggett and Lt. Col. William A. McKee of the 13th National Guard Regiment, New York, ca. 1863, (oil-painted Imperial albumen print), by unknown photographer. This is in the March 21-May 10 show “A House Divided: Photography and the Civil War” at the Art Museum, University of St. Joseph, West Hartford, Conn.

The show documents aspects of the Civil War as seen through the lens of the most gifted artist-photographers of 19th Century America. All works are from the collection of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg.