The second from the left is “The Vidette” and the fourth is “The Battle”. I’ve seen them both in a private collection. My great-grandfather was in the battle which depicts action at Gaines Mills in the Seven Days.

The central painting which along with the privious 2 make up the three illustrations for Mary Johnston’s “The Long Roll” hangs in the superintendent’s office at VMI in Lexington, Virginia.

Was actually thinking of Waugh etc. Their sketches formed the basis for a lot of great engraving/line art….not so much in Oils on canvass though…….did a bit of combat art myself during my days in Beirut, Lebanon as a Marine.

Regards,

DLC

That’s Sherman. While he did have red hair, note he is wearing a hat. And while his hair was usually disheveled (as was that of most serious folks of the age), he was actually a pretty snappy dresser, favoring spotless white vests. On campaign he wore low key togs, but was always ramrod straight and neat. Also note the figure’s slim build. Sheridan, as you know, was short, stumpy, and ugly. Really ugly.

“Sherman” was completed in 1922. See here: http://brandywine.doetech.net/Detlobjps.cfm?ObjectID=1532188&rec_num=1&From=obj_key.cfm

Brandywine owns the rights to Wyeth’s work – check out their site here: http://www.ncwyeth.org/

I just discovered that Wyeth did Civil War art. Is the one on the far right a protrait of Phil Sheridan? Someone mentioned Sherman, but Sherman was red-haired and always looked disheveled. If those are stars on his shoulder straps, I’m pretty sure that’s Major General Phil Sheridan, who commanded the Army of the Shenandoah. In October ’64, after he made his famous ride (poem written about it) on Reinuzi, he he was made a Regular Army Major General.

Do you know when that painting was painted? I would like to use for the background on a book jacket. Is that possible? I would appreciate hearing from you.

Caroline Hartman

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