Saturday, July 04, 2015

Remember what it took, because it still takes it - 6

Don Troiani Concord Bridge
If you have not seen any of Don Troiani's Civil War works, the moments they capture, many of which are only slightly known, are truly inspiring.

Such as the 1st Minnesota's 262 Men charging Cadmus Wilcox's 1600 Alabamans the 2nd day at Gettysburg to save the Union position, before Joshua Chamberlain had his moment that day, to save it again.

That is here

Of the 262 Minnesotans who Hancock found himself to stop Wilcox's break through, 47 remained in line after being ordered to charge at 1-5 odds, to buy the minutes needed to get a defense at the base of Cemetery Ridge in order.

1 comment:

christian soldier said...

Thank you for these 6 excellent art renditions of our path to Freedom-
Carol-CS