Journey Two
The White House Years

Black Troops Go to War contains a mural depicting one of the immediate effects of the Emancipation Proclamation, which overnight converts a war about states rights into a crusade for human rights. Thousands of African-Americans enlisted in the northern armies. Here you see them in combat, fighting and dying with courage and honor.

The War Gallery presents a number of displays and interactive exhibits that help describe the human tragedy and sacrifice of the war. Included here:

"The Civil War in Four Minutes," also known as The Electronic Map, is a map of the war with battle lines that continuously move, showing the changing progress of the war. Here, each week of the war has been condensed to one second. In the corner of the map, a casualty counter tracks the mounting butcher's bill - an odometer of death.

Eight Soldiers' Stories - The reproduction uniforms, letters, pictures and moving stories of four ordinary soldiers from the North and four from the South.

The War Gallery Scrapbook is an interactive experience presenting images of the Civil War.