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3rd Georgia Volunteers

Company D

Richmond, Va. 1861-1862

 

CM-017 A three figure 54mm vignette in spun cast pewter and resin base. The vignette is inspired by the famous photograph of three of the 3rd Georgia Volunteers. (From left to right) Columbus C. Taylor, killed at Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862. Jas D. Jackson, killed at Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862. James H. Porter, detailed for railroad service... discharged January, 1862. All three enlisted in Co. D, 3rd Reg. Ga. Vol. Inf. April 26th, 1861. The photo was taken near Richmond during the winter of 1861-1862. Their uniforms, weapons, and accoutrements (note Georgia oval belt buckles) were typical of those used in the early campaigns of the Regiment. Photo owned by the Museum of the Confederacy.


The Lonesome Sentry

54mm Pewter

The Orphan Brigade

3rd Kentucky - Company D “Paducah Company”

Corinth, Mississippi -5/10/1862

A Self Portrait of the Artist Conrad Wise Chapman

Conrad Wise Chapman was born in Washington, D.C., in 1842, second son of the artist John Gadsby Chapman. The elder Chapman was already well respected, especially for his oil on canvas The Baptism of Pocahontas, placed in 1840 in the United States Capitol rotunda. In 1848 the family moved to Europe taking up residence in Rome. While in Europe, John Chapman taught both his sons, Conrad and John Linton, to paint. When news of the Civil War reached Rome, Conrad rushed to join the Confederacy.

Unable to get to Virginia, Chapman enlisted in the Orphan Brigade, 3rd Kentucky Company D; Paducah Company. During the battle of Shiloh, Chapman suffered a serious head injury. After the battle, Confederate forces retreated to Corinth, Mississippi, the site of his painting, ~ Confederate Camp, 3rd Kentucky Infantry at Corinth Mississippi. Chapman painted the scene on May 10, 1862 only days after the Battle of Shiloh. The Lonesome Sentry is in the bottom left hand corner and an enlargement of the canvas is featured below. This is a self portrait of the artist. The older soldier in bare feet seated at the cooking fire and plucking a chicken is said to be a portrait of the artist’s father. This painting became the basis for the well-known color lithograph of 1871 by M&N Hanhart of London. While on furlough in 1863, a photograph was taken of Chapman in his uniform assuming the pose of The Lonesome Sentry.

Conrad Wise Chapman in uniform - 1863

Chapman’s painting is the masterpiece of the war. No other image depicts life in a Confederate Camp as well as this. Note the barefooted private soldiers in contrast to their Negro slaves or the Confederate officers in full uniform in the far background.  A large collection of Chapman’s painting is on display at the Museum of the Confederacy and the Valentine in Richmond, Virginia. Other famous paintings by Conrad Wise Chapman include the paintings of The Hunley, The David, Evening Gun (Ft. Sumter), The Bombardment of Ft. Moultrie, White Point Battery, and the Confederate ironclads scene in Charleston Bay and City.

 

 

 

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