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Mort Kunstler Civil War Framed Art Print Ghost Column

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Mort Kunstler Civil War Framed Art Print Ghost Column
This Civil War scene portrays a line of Confederate soldiers riding slowly through a snowy wilderness. Artist: Mort Kunstler Title: "The Ghost Column" Medium: Print on acid free canvas textured paper Image Size: 13"x10.5" Edition: Framed and matted calendar printing Framing: In high quality mahogany frame, with blue matte Overall Size: 18"x16"Condition: Excellent condition"In my search for a snow scene that I like to do each year, I found it while reading First With the Most by Robert S. Henry. Late one evening of February 16, 1862, in a council of War at Fort Donelson, the Confederate High Command decided that it would be fruitless to continue their resistance against the superior forces of Union General U.S. Grant. The then unknown Lt. Col. of cavalry, Nathan Bedford Forrest, spoke up. "I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command, and I will not do it if they follow me out". Leaving in the middle of the night, with about 500 men of different commands, they rode out, under the foulest of weather conditions, through snow, ice and freezing cold. Forrest made it all the way to Nashville without encountering any Union troops. Thus a legend was born." Mort Kunstler --mortkunstler.com