Sherman Leaving The Henegar House, December 1, 1863 - Canvas Giclee

Sherman Leaving The Henegar House, December 1, 1863 - Canvas GicleeCanvas Giclee (printed as ordered) 35 Numbered Overall: 34" x 24" $700. 00 They had been routed at Chickamauga, reduced to eating acorns at Chattanooga. But on November 25, 1863, after two months of siege and suffering, the Army of the Cumberland took the offensive. Heavily reinforced by the recent arrival of fresh troops from Virginia and Mississippi, the same soldiers who had been swept from the field in September now stormed up the fiery slopes of

a high elevation overlooking the area where Rocky Creek enters the Catawba River

The remaining Whigs

These new companies were often commanded by prominent local businessmen or attorneys some of whom had the financial means to equip their commands

wanted to execute the Native Americans responsible

North Carolina Militia

The coat tails were decorated with a green hunting horn device

Queens Rangers and Mounted Jagers nearly surprised the 2nd Continental Light Dragoons

he struck the firelock of the “4th soldier from the corner” with all his might

and was garrisoned by approximately 150 troops

Charleston and Virginia until the surrender at Yorktown

100 Signed/Numbered

Both regiments of elite marksmen were at the time attached to General David Birney's 1st Division after their previous stay in Whipple's 3rd Division was ended in June following devastating losses at Chancellorsville