Triumph at Chickamauga by John Paul Strain Price: $225.00 |
| Title:
Triumph
at Chickamauga September 20, 1863 Artist: John Paul Strain Edition size: 950 S/N |
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. |
| Chickamauga, Cherokee for 'The River of Death' was the site
of the
bloodiest battle of the Civil War's western Theater. On the morning of
September 20, 1863, ten miles south of Chattanooga, Confederate General
Ben Hardin Helm led the 2nd Kentucky Regiment ("The Orphan Brigade"),
in
to three separate assaults on the Federal forces four times its size.
The
overwhelming size of the opposition meant that all three assaults were
repulsed. One third of the 'Orphans' lost their lives that day
including
General Helm himself.
The news of Helm's death was a particular blow for his
brother-in-law,
President Lincoln, who was said to comment, "I feel as David of old
when
he was told of the death of Absalom." |
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