I do enjoy perusing the Confederate Heritage Facebook pages. The topic of black Confederates is a favorite among these folks. Many of the images and other references are new to me, but more importantly their handling of this “evidence” serves as a reminder of just how incapable some people are in applying even the most [...]
Don Troiani
A number of my friends on Facebook are sharing a pic of the new release by Don Troiani. This new watercolor of a private in the 4th United States Colored Troop is, if I am not mistaken, Troiani’s first stand alone black soldier since his 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry print, which was done a [...]
I think Gary Gallagher makes a pretty good case for why black soldiers were not present at the Grand Review in Washington D.C. in May 1865. He argues that their absence had little to do with scheming politicians and military brass, who hoped to keep it an all-white affair. The parade was made up primarily [...]
Update – 06/26/11: All of the Prints Have Been Sold. I am putting up for sale my collection of framed Don Troiani Civil War prints, which I’ve been collecting since 2000. All of them were purchased through an authorized Troiani dealer in Fredercksburg, Virginia and include certificates of authenticity. I am going to include an [...]
I think he needs it. Here are just a few of my favorite images of Robert E. Lee that I would be proud to have hanging in my office. [left to right: "The Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson" by Everett B.D. Julio, "General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Va" by L.M.D. [...]
Sorry for the lack of posts over the past few days. I actually managed to buckle down and finish the last chapter of my Crater manuscript. I know at least one person who reads this blog who will pleased to hear this.The final chapter covers the period between 1937 and the present and touches on [...]
I just received my new issue of North and South Magazine and it looks to be another excellent read. That said, I have to admit to laughing as I noticed a new painting by John Paul Strain on the first page. The painting is titled, “Battlefield Prayer” and the setting is Hamilton’s Crossing – December [...]
Don Troiani’s “Mahone’s Counterattack” (Historical Art Prints, 2003) stands in sharp contrast to the early painting by Elder. The attack of the 6th Virginia Infantry figures prominently in both paintings; however, Troiani places USCT in the center of the action. Along with their white counterparts, USCT display their manhood as they stand in defiance of [...]
