Description: VICTORY RODE THE RAILS by Mort Kunstler (The Country's foremost Civil War Artist) Stonewall Jackson At Piedmont Station, ( July 19, 1861 ) Collectible Civil War Print It was like a grand holiday. Throughout North and South in the summer of 1861, America's young men gleefully pulled on new uniforms, shouldered "rifle-muskets" and cheerfully left for war. They would whip the Rebels in 90 days, boasted Northern recruits. One Southerner could lick ten Yankees, claimed Southern boys. Never again would Americans go to war with such an unrealistic, romantic notion. Some knew better. Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson, an unremarkable mathematics instructor from the Virginia Military Institute, was a Mexican War veteran, and he tried hard to prepare his troops - Virginia's First Brigade - for the reality of war.But even Jackson's troops went to war as if heading for a holiday picnic. As they boarded a train at Virginia's Piedmont Station - among the first troops moved to battle by rail - they encountered a boisterous celebration. Flags were flying, troops were waving and young women were passing out treats. A holiday atmosphere masked a grim reality: Many of these youngsters, like their counterparts in the North, would soon be dead or wounded in the war's first major battle at First Manassas. There, too, near the banks of an obscure creek called Bull Run, the unknown VMI officer, Thomas J. Jackson, would rally the shaken Southerners, help turn the day for the Confederacy - and emerge forever famous as General "Stonewall" Jackson.Ideas for my paintings come from different sources and my newest painting, Victory Rode the Rails, is no exception. The name was inspired by the title of a fifty-year old book by George Edgar Turner. I was on my way to an appearance at Virginia's Shenandoah University when I encountered the historic site that led me to paint Victory Rode the Rails. Bill Austin, the director of the university's History and Tourism Center, had picked me up at the airport in Washington, D.C. As we passed near the town of Delaplane, Virginia, he said he wanted to show me something interesting. We crossed some railroad tracks and stopped in front of an old brick building, now housing an antiques store. During the Civil War, Bill told me, the structure was the railroad station for the town, at that time called Piedmont Station. It was here, I learned, that Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson and his troops boarded the train that would take them to the battle of First Manassas and everlasting fame.What a great subject for a painting! The scene had never been painted, and I could include a building that still exists today - which I always enjoy. I consulted with award-winning historian James I. Robertson, Jr., author of the acclaimed biography, Stonewall Jackson, and with a very knowledgeable railroad historian, Courtney Wilson, who is executive director of the B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. And, as usual, I also studied a variety of historical works related to the subject. The more I learned, the more I wanted to paint this picture!In the center of interest General Jackson sits on Little Sorrel, giving orders to his loyal aide, Lieutenant Colonel "Sandy" Pendleton, who is accompanied by Jackson's chief surgeon, Dr. Hunter McGuire. General Jackson, of course, still wears his blue VMI uniform. The Piedmont sign is clearly visible, and the tender of the locomotive bears the name of the Manassas Gap Railroad on its side. Overcrowding forced a large number of troops to ride atop the train cars next to where the brigade's horses are being loaded. Everything shown in the painting is supported by primary sources - eyewitness accounts, diaries, official records and memoirs. It's quite poignant, when you think about what awaited these young men at First Manassas. Also, here is Jackson - just another officer in a pre-war blue uniform - on the verge of becoming the famous "Stonewall." To me, it was an extraordinary event that begged to be recorded - an absolutely absorbing, colorful expression of our American heritage. This is a beautiful collectible limited-edition Print ----- SOLD OUT PRINT EDITION ----- ---- Hand Signed & Numbered Personally by Mort Kunstler ---- The Image Size Is About -- 30" x 15" STORED FLAT & PROTECTED & NEVER FRAMED MINT CONDITION PRINT Comes with original certificate of authenticity SHIPPING - Tube - Insured - Via UPS - $55 - Within the Continental USA -lower 48 States ONLY..... INTERNATIONAL UPS SHIPPING - VIA - EBAY's GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM..... PAYMENT - Ebay - Paypal - Visa - MasterCard - Discover - Check ~YOUR PHONE NUMBER IS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE DELIVERY OF UPS ITEMS. FRAMING FOX FINE ART GALLERYLocated in New Bern, North Carolina, 28562 We have the largest inventory of SOLD OUT Collectible Civil War Prints in the USA. I have been in business now for over 49 Years.... All North Carolina residents will be charged 6.75% sales tax included in invoice. HAPPY BIDDING AND ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE ART
Price: 245 USD
Location: New Bern, North Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-22T18:58:05.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: Mort Kunstler
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: MORT KUNSTLER
Edition Size: 750 - signed & numbered prints.
Size: Medium
Framing: Unframed
Personalize: No
Listed By: Framing Fox Art Gallery
Style: Realism
Features: MInt Condition, Stonewall Jackson, PIEDMONT STATION, SOLD OUT PRINT EDITION, Stored Flat & Protected, Hand Signed & Numbered Print, Never Framed, Comes With Certificate, INTERNATIONAL UPS SHIPPING
Handmade: No
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
Print Type: Offset Lithograph
Signed: Yes
Title: VICTORY RODE THE RAILS
Period: Historicism (1850-1900)
Material: Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes
Subject: Civil War Collectible Fine Art Print
Type: Print
Signed?: Personally Hand Signed by Mort Kunstler
Edition Type: Limited Edition
COA Issued By: Mort Kunstler
Theme: American Civil War Fine Art
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
Production Technique: Offset Lithograph
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
