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A Watercolor of Mosby Among The Wagon Trains Thi

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A Watercolor of Mosby Among The Wagon Trains Thi
<B>A Watercolor of <I>Mosby Among The Wagon Trains</B></I></B></I> This watercolor and pen sketch by noted Civil War artist Alfred Von Erickson portrays Confederate Raider Colonel John Singleton Mosby's men taking a Union wagon train. Von Erickson documented the war in and around his native Fredericksburg, compiling a series of drawings, sketches and watercolors during the war. This sketch is signed <I>'A. E. Pencil Sketch, Fredricksbg. Va.'</B></I> at lower right. In vivid color Von Erickson depicts the raiders on horseback killing Union soldiers and burning the wagons while commandeering others. This is a beautiful wartime sketch, so important that it was used to make woodcuts for Lieutenant J. G. Beckham's book on Mosby just a year after war's end. It is in its beautiful walnut frame as well.******<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Framed - with Glass, Medium (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)