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Don Stivers S/N The Redoubtable Sergeant Print

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Don Stivers S/N The Redoubtable Sergeant Print
With a detachment of only ten privates, he fought a band of Indians and took their horses. He and his men spent a hair-raising night camped at Kickapoo Springs listening to the Indians' war dance just beyond the hills. The next day he attacked a band * of hostiles about to ambush two government wagons, and when attacked by the same band later in the day, coolly turned his men about and drove the antagonist off. This valiant effort earned Emmanuel Stance the Congressional Medal of Honor and became the first * African American to win his country's highest military honor in a post-Civil War period. * * * Artist: Don StiversTitle: The Redoubtable Sergeant * * Medium: Print on paperEdition: Out of 3600Date: 1997Signature: Signed and numbered by the artist in pencilImage Size: 15 1/2" x 24" * * Paper Size: 21" x 29"Condition: ExcellentAuthenticity: Included * Biography * * Following a natural inclination towards American History as a subject for fine art, Don, in the 1970's, began a series of paintings on the Westward Expansion. In 1984 he began painting Civil War subjects. With the help of professional historians and driven * by his own desire to know the most intricate visual details of the subjects he portrays, he has created some of the most remarkable military art of this century. His focus on the Buffalo Soldier, beginning with Tracking Victorio in 1988 shone light on a subject * that had rarely been chronicled in military art before. The Buffalo Soldier prints ignited such an overwhelmingly positive response that very often his limited editions were sold out within hours of their release. * * *Retrieved from: http://www.donstivers.com/about * * *