Subject: volunteer cavalry trooper / raider
Culture: Confederate / American Southerner
Setting: American Civil War, United States 1861-1865
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"Untitled (cavalry action)
pen and ink, no date
Allen Christian Redwood"
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"Colonel John Singleton Mosby
oil on canvas, February 1865 Edward Caledon Bruce (1825-1900)
After a bout with scarlet fever at 14 left Edward Bruce deaf, he was unable to serve in the war. Bruce found employment in the Confederate Quartermasters Department in Richmond, and used his spare time to produce portraits of leading Confederates. Col. Mosby, in Richmond recovering from a serious wound, wrote his wife, 'Bruce, who has been engaged in painting a full length portrait of Gen. Lee is now painting one of me. I have given him two sittings.'"
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"Scout Bringing Information to Colonel Mosby oil on canvas, 1868 Jean-Adolphe Beaucé (1818-1875)
In 1867 Confederate veteran Joseph McAleer, of the 2nd Maryland Infantry, commissioned three French military artists to execute the exploits of Colonel John Singleton Mosby. By 1868 all three artists had produced works based around the theme of Mosby's Berryville Wagon Raid of August 13, 1864.
"Beacé [sic] depicted a moment of reconnaissance, with Mosby scout Lt. John Russell seen to the left. Col. Mosby himself is on horseback to the right, gesturing just enough to reveal the scarlet lining of his famous cape."* Museum of the Confederacy > Art of the Confederacy
"Mosby's Command Attacking A Union Convoy Near Berryville oil on canvas, 1868 Henri Emmanuel Philippoteaux (1815-1884)
Phillipoteaux imagined the dramatic moment of attack, with Mosby's Rangers arrayed before him and the colonel given heroic placement in the center, on high ground. Gen. R. E. Lee received a telegram from his chief-of-staff, Col. Walter H. Taylor, relaying information on the raid. 'Mosby's telegraphs Upperville 13th attacked enemy's supply train that morning ... captured and destroyed seventy-five loaded wagons; brought off over two hundred prisoners including several officers ... & many valuable stores.'"
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"Mosby Returning From A Raid With Prisoners
oil on canvas Charles Edouard Armand-Dumaresq (active 1862-1895)
Armand-Dumaresq favored the triumphal aftermath of the raid. The lighthearted atmosphere contrasts with the austere view of Mosby, seen on the right. To the left are Mosby's officers, Lt. W. Ben Palmer and Maj. A. E. Richards.
"This museum received all three works in 1919 from Mosby veteran, W. Ben Palmer."
