Civil War Times Illustrated calls GENERALS IN BRONZE
"A BLOCKBUSTER HISTORY OF THE CIVIL
WAR!"
GENERALS IN BRONZE
Revealing
Interviews with the Commanding Generals of the Civil
War
In the
decades that followed the American Civil War, Artist James Edward
Kelly (1855-1933) conducted in-depth interviews with more
than forty Union Generals in an effort to accurately portray
them in their greatest moment of glory. Kelly explained:
"I had always felt a great lack of certain personal
details. I made up my mind to ask from the living officers every
question that I would have asked Washington or his generals had
they posed for me, such as: What they considered the principal
incidents in their career and particulars about costumes and
surroundings."
During
one interview session with General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain,
Kelly asked about the charge at Fort Damnation. General Chamberlain
acquiesced, but then added, "I don't see how you can show this in a
picture." Just tell me the facts," Kelly responded, "and I'll
attend to the picture."
And by
recording those stirring facts, Kelly left us not only his
wonderful art, but a truly unique picture of the lives of the great
figures of the American Civil War. Featuring interviews with Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Hancock, Chamberlain, Webb, Hooker, Warren, Wilson, Doubleday,
Kilpatrick, Slocum, Butterfield, Sickles, Newton, Howard, Porter,
etc.
$29.00 Hardcover, 16
pages of color illustrations