Painting [realia] : Passing of Vicksburg. 1883.

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Painting [realia] : Passing of Vicksburg. 1883.

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Watercolor painting on paper is a Civil War scene. It is a night scene of U.S. Navy ironclads running the gauntlet of Confederate artillery as they pass by the fortified city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. The artist signed and dated the work: "James E. Taylor 1883." It is framed under glass.

1 item ; 50.4 cm x 70.3 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7116146

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Taylor, James E., 1839-1901

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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was born in Lancaster, Ohio. Orphaned at age nine, he was raised by Thomas Ewing, a U.S. senator who also served as secretary of the treasury and secretary of the interior. He graduated sixth in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Sherman served in the Mexican War, but left the army in 1853. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Sherman accepted a position as a colonel in the regular army. He became well known for his tactics of prope...