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Testing the Tools of War
Ron Stivers. President Lincoln observes the testing of America's first
machine gun - nicknamed the "Coffee Mill Gun" due to the hopper on top - at
Washington Arsenal in June of 1861. 25"x 17¾" limited edition print is
signed and numbered by the artist. |
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Antietam at Dusk
This
lone silhouette of an artillery piece on the Antietam Battlefield at sunset
would make a poignant addition to your office or study. Framed and matted
photograph measures 11"x 14". |
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Artillery Forward!
Federal artillery rumbles forward to support hard-pressed infantry in the
distance. 20"x 10" limited edition print is signed and numbered by the
artist. |
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Cannons on the Square
Having taken Mercersburg without a shot, Major General J.E.B. Stuart and
Major John Pelham discuss the placement of two 12-pounders from the 1st
Stuart Horse Artillery in the town square while battery commander Captain
James Breathed surveys the progress of the 1st North Carolina Cavalry on
Main Street. Limited edition print is signed and numbered by the artist and
measures 14"x 11". |
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Devil's Den & Little Round Top
Beautiful framed piece features two Gettysburg prints along with U.S. and
CSA patches. Hazlett's Battery presents the view from Little Round Top as it
looked to the men of the 5th U.S. Artillery fighting to hold it. In Little
Round Top and The Valley of Death, Federals and Confederates clash from
Houck's Ridge, through the Valley of Plum Run, to the slopes of Little Round
Top. Measures 15¾"x 22" including matte and wood frame. |
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Double Canister
Battle of Antietam, Maryland, September
17, 1862. Dale Gallon. General James Longstreet holds the horses for his
staff while they work Miller's Battery of the Washington Artillery. Print
measures 16"x 11" including matte and frame. |
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Jackson and His Disciples
The four guns of the Rockbridge Artillery - named
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John by a cleric of Jackson's army - are shown here
in action on the bluffs overlooking the North River and the town of Port
Republic. An unusually excited Stonewall Jackson, who earlier had had a
close brush with Union Cavalry in town, hastily orders the battery into
line. 30"x 20" limited edition print is signed and numbered by the artist. |
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Key to Corinth
Battery Robinette. Keith Rocco. Advancing under the
deadly enfilading fire of artillery, Colonel William P. Rogers of the 2nd
Texas Infantry leads his men against the heavily defended Union Battery
Robinett. "Oh we were butchered like dogs" one survivor remembered.
Ultimately, the attempt to capture the Union guns failed. 16½"x 25" print is
signed and numbered by the artist. |
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Put the Boys In
As a
Federal artillery battery tears holes into the sagging Confederate line,
Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge realizes he must call upon his last reserve
to stem the tide. With the reluctant order "Put the boys in, and may God
forgive me for the order" he sends forth 300 cadets from VMI. The cadets
rush forward through the soggy Bushong Farm orchard, and with valor worthy
of the most seasoned veterans take the Federal Battery. 32"x 23½" limited
edition print is signed and numbered by the artist |
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Ruggles Battery
The Confederate soldiers at the battle of
Shiloh
named the area along the Sunken Road the "Hornets Nest" because of the heavy
fire they had to face there. Here, General Daniel Ruggles fires upon the
Union line with all the artillery he could find, allowing the Confederates
to form a circle around the Sunken Road and capture over 2200 Union troops.
22"x 18" limited edition print is signed and numbered by the artist. |
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Echoes in Silence
These Confederate and Federal cannons serve as reminders of the cries of war
that still resonate on the battlefield today. 26"x 17¼". |
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Into the Jaws of Hell
Ron Lesser. With shells bursting
overhead and his courier falling wounded beside him, Major Gen. George E.
Pickett watches as the Union artillery
decimates his Virginia division charging across the Pennsylvania fields at
Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. 23"x 19" limited edition print is signed and
numbered by the artist. |
