Don Troiani Artwork

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[kealbo54]

Some more fun I was having..."Hallo,John"

 

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Visited the Kennesaw battlefield just a few weeks ago. Its worth a stop if anyone gets the chance.

 

[Nathanb1]

Some more fun I was having..."Hallo,John"

Love. Again.

 

[kealbo54]

I used to be really strict about showing unfinished stuff,but its kind of fun letting people see the proccess a little.It can be real ugly before its over,but I guess its a form of teaching,and I am actually kind of enjoying it..Love the parade of Troianis!

 

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On the fifth of October, 1864, Confederate forces under General S.G. French assaulted the fortified Union garrison at the strategic post of Allatoona Pass, Georgia. With courage equaled only by the Northern defenders, Cockrell's Missourians poured over the earthworks of Rowett's Redoubt in one of the most ferocious hand-to-hand struggles of the war. The defenders including the 39th Iowa and 7th Illinois regiments, fought practically to the last. At the climax of the fighting, as Sergeant John M. Ragland of the 1st-4th Missouri seized the 39th's flag, his Captain, Joseph Boyce hurled a dirt clod into the Federal color bearer's face. Although initially successful, the Confederates were ultimately unable to take the main Union fort and withdrew after successive attempts with heavy loss.

 

[kealbo54]

Last one,tonight.unfinished " Colored Mess"

 

[AUG]

Colonel John B. Gordon's men of the 6th Alabama Infantry take position in the sunken road at Antietam. As Gen. Lee rode by to inspect their lines - his arm in a cast from falling off his horse ealier in the day - Col. Gordon would tell Lee "The men are going to stay here, General, till the sun goes down or victory is won!"

 

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At the Battle of the Wilderness on May 6th, Hancock's II Corps attacked A.P. Hill at 5 a.m., overwhelming the Third Corps with the divisions of Wadsworth, Birney, and Mott; Getty and Gibbon were in support. Lt. Col. William T. Poague's 16 guns at the Widow Tapp farm fired canister tirelessly, but could not stem the tide and Confederate soldiers streamed toward the rear. Before a total collapse, however, reinforcements arrived at 6 a.m., Brig. Gen. John Gregg's 800-man Texas Brigade (formerly John Bell Hood's Texas Brigade), the vanguard of Longstreet's column. General Lee, relieved and excited, waved his hat over his hand and shouted, "Texans always move them!" Caught up in the excitement, Lee began to move forward with the advancing brigade. As the Texans realized this, they halted and grabbed the reins of Lee's horse, Traveller, yelling "Lee to the rear!" and "Go back Lee!" Longstreet was able to convince Lee that he had matters well in hand and the commanding general relented.

Longstreet counterattacked with the divisions of Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field on the left and Brig. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw on the right. The Union troops, somewhat disorganized from their assault earlier that morning, could not resist and fell back a few hundred yards from the Widow Tapp farm. The Texans leading the charge north of the road fought gallantly at a heavy price—only 250 of the 800 men emerged unscathed.

 

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The 29th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Pensacola in February, 1862, by the addition of two companies to the Fourth Alabama Battalion - a body of eight companies, which had been organized the autumn before at Montgomery. The regiment, recruited from Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Conecuh, Montgomery, Russell, Shelby, and Talladega counties, remained at Pensacola until it was evacuated, suffering much from diseases that usually afflict raw troops. It then lay between Pollard and Pensacola for over a year, when it was ordered to Mobile. The regiment was there from July 1863 to April 1864, except for a short time that it was at Pollard. The regiment joined the Army of Tennessee at Resaca with over 1,000 men, in time to initiate the Atlanta-Dalton campaign. It was brigaded with the 1st, 17th, and 26th Alabama, and 37th Mississippi regiments, commanded at different intervals by Col. Murphey of Montgomery, Gen'l O'Neal of Lauderdale, and Gen'l Shelley of Talladega. The 29th was engaged at the Battle of Resaca with a loss of about 100 k and w, out of 1100 men engaged. At New Hope Church, the loss was very heavy, and at Peach Tree Creek, the regiment was cut to pieces. On 28 July, near Atlanta, half of the regiment was killed and wounded in the fierce and protracted assault on the enemy's line. The 29th then moved into Tennessee with Gen'l John Bell Hood and lost very heavily in casualties at Franklin, and largely in casualties and prisoners at Nashville. A remnant of it moved into the Carolinas where it was engaged at Kinston and Bentonville with considerable loss. It was consolidated with the 1st and 17th Regiments early in 1865, and fewer than 90 men surrendered at Durham Station, Orange County, NC on 26 April 1865.

 

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[kealbo54]

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That is very Homeresque.Love the warm tones and the over-all feel of it.here is a quick sketch,with somewhat more somber tones

 

[BillO]

That is very Homeresque.Love the warm tones and the over-all feel of it.here is a quick sketch,with somewhat more somber tones

I think this is my favorite of the ones you've showed us so far. Something about the look on his face. " ****, they're still there".

 

[kealbo54]

Love. Again.

Nathanb,you know if you click on my images you can really get close-up and see how I work.Its a great tool,and it keeps me from digging pics out of storage and stacks to review them.

 

[kealbo54]

I think this is my favorite of the ones you've showed us so far. Something about the look on his face. " ****, they're still there".

Thanks.As if no matter how hard I drummed,I couldnt make them go away?Funny when I finished the rough-in..I thought,holy ****,thats Ben Affleck!I will say,that Drums are freakin harded than horses to get believable.I have rarely painted a drum that didnt require a bunch of tweaking.You think,cripes,its just a cylinder!