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In my series of Civil War paintings, I chose not to illustrate all the battles. This is particularly so in the case of Atlanta that had so many battles—such as the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, the Battle of Resaca, and so on—that I chose to…

The Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861, started as a rather typical amphibious crossing of the Potomac River by the Union Army into Virginia to attack the Confederates. Unfortunately, the Union soldiers had to traverse the river in several…