Raid on the L & N by John Paul Strain Price: $250.00 |
| Title:
Raid on the L & N Captain John Hunt Morgan, Winter of 1861-1862 Artist: John Paul Strain Image Size: 28 1/2" x 14 1/2" Overall Size: 32" x 19" 950 s/n Limited Edition 100 s/n Artist Proofs |
Reproduction Technique: Fine
Offset Lithography Printed on 150# dull-coated art reproduction cover that is archival quality and neutral pH, using premium fade-resistant inks with multiple enhancement colors. |
| He was the model of a 19th century
cavalry
officer - tall, dashing, impeccably uniformed and always handsomely
mounted.
John Hunt Morgan was a Kentucky gentleman with a flair for the
daring.
He raised his own company of troops on the eve of war, and they
followed
him into Confederate service in 1861. An expert leader and a
superb
cavalry officer, he experienced a meteoric rise in rank from captain to
brigadier general. His bold raids behind enemy lines in Tennessee
and Kentucky - and into the Northern heartland of Ohio and Indiana -
disrupted
Federal operations, reinforced Confederate defenses and heartened the
people
of the embattled South. Once, as Morgan brazenly led his horse
soldiers
on a raid through Federally-occupied Kentucky, President Lincoln was
moved
to declare in frustration: "They are having a stampede in Kentucky." Morgan launched his reputation as a dashing Confederate cavalier with a series of raids through Kentucky's Green River country in the winter of 1861-1862. Targeting the important Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Morgan - then captain - led his hard-riding troopers on a romp behind enemy lines. Braving bitter winter weather, they burned bridges, captured at least one locomotive and destroyed countless Yankee railroad cars. When the raids ended, Northern forces in Kentucky were left distracted and unnerved - and the fame and fable of warfare had crowned the fearless John Hunt Morgan. |