Introduction Opening movie Home The Smithsonian The Castle Joseph Henry SI During the War Mary Henry's Diary The Old Patent Office Building The Renwick Gallery Collections Slavery & Abolition Thumbnails Abraham Lincoln Thumbnails First Blood Thumbnails Soldiering Thumbnails Weapons Thumbnails Leaders Thumbnails Cavalries Thumbnails Navies Thumbnails Life & Culture Thumbnails Appomattox Thumbnails Winslow Homer Thumbnails Timeline 1859–1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 Resources Comments Credits Related Smithsonian Websites