Battle of Resaca, May 13 to 16, 1864 (1889) Size:36x24 Daniel Webster New England's Choice

Daniel Webster New England's Choice for Twelfth President of the United States 1847 — a campaign portrait floated by Whigs who believed the Senate's great voice belonged in the executive chair

half philosopher

this commemorative portrait belongs to the Lost Cause's long second act — Lee rendered not as defeated general but as marble saint

The Gothic Spires of Fifth Avenue

Battle of Resaca, May 13 to 16, 1864 (1889) Size:36x24 Daniel Webster New England's ChoiceBattle of Resaca, May 13 to 16, 1864 (1889). A retrospective lithograph of Sherman's opening blow into Georgia, where Union and Confederate lines collided in the wooded ridges above the Oostanaula the country tearing itself toward Atlanta, rendered a quarter century later in the careful hand of memory. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional