The Dude
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Sailor's Creek, I believe this depicts the destruction of Crutchfield's heavy artileryView attachment 64382 Anyone know the story behind this piece?
Sailor's Creek, I believe this depicts the destruction of Crutchfield's heavy artileryView attachment 64382 Anyone know the story behind this piece?
Here's a slightly higher res version. It depicts the attack of the 6th USCT at New Market Heights on Sept. 29, 1864. After the color-guard was shot down, Lt. Nathan Edgerton and Sgt. Major Thomas R. Hawkins are seen coming to rescue the blue Regimental colors, and First Sergeant Alexander Kelly carrying away the National colors.View attachment 64380
"Three Medals of Honor Battle of New Market Heights" USCT
That one of Grant is definitely not Don Troiani's work. I'm thinking probably by Mort Kunstler.US Grant
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"Victory or Death" by Keith Rocco depicting the battle of Sailor's Creek.View attachment 64382 Anyone know the story behind this piece?
I believe this is it, had it saved on my computer. Looking at the painting, the troops depicted are from the Army of Tennessee. They carry the Army of Tennessee's 1864-65 rectangular-shaped battle flag and a number of the men are wearing Columbus Depot jackets. I don't think Troiani was depicting a particular battle here, at least not that I am aware of, but obviously something late war. Anyway, it's a nice one; you're lucky to have it.My favorite DT print is (I think) is called, "The Grey Wall" but I don't think I saw it posted here. In the mid 80's I was doing some volunteer work at the Confederate Museum in New Orleans. They had a leak in their roof and the print had some water spots on it. (I could never find them). I don't remember if they gave me the print or sold it to me at a deep discount.
I paint miniature figures and when I lived in NOLA, used to sell them to a shop in the French Quarter called La Petite Soldier Shop. The owner would pay me $150 per figure and sell them for $300. I can't tell you how many confederate flag bearers I painted. Who would guess a confederate flag would be such a bit hit in the deep south? I use DT prints for ideas for the colors of uniforms.
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Booner
Sorry, didn't see your post before. He's holding the sword back behind his head and the tip is pointing toward the viewer's position, so your looking from top to bottom down the blade.In the painting of the 3rd Penn Cavalry, Captain Newhall is just about to be speared by the flagbearer; but the other reb to his left is about to hit him with his sword. But I noticed that the sword is bent almost 180 degrees. Any significance to that, or is it my imagination?
Well I got some interesting news from Don, it seems he sold his Civil War and Pre Civil War collection to the Army everything except the Confederate stuff. Then said he was pretty much through doing any more Civil War subjects and is now going to concentrate on the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812