Shiloh

Shiloh

Richard J. LeFevre (1931 - 2000)

1991

watercolor and mixed media on paper

Fought on April 6 and 7, 1862, in Hardin County, Tennessee, Shiloh was the first of the particularly bloody battles of the Civil War. During the two-day battle, 23,000 Americans were killed, wounded, captured, or missing. Many were burned when the woods caught fire from small arms fire (shown in the center of the painting). On the extreme right side is Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston—one of the greatest Confederate generals—who was shot and mortally wounded during this battle. Shown at the left is a young emerging Union general, William Tecumseh Sherman.

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