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Of all battles in the American Civil War, no conflict is more famous (or infamous) than the battle of
Gettysburg, and during the battle of Gettysburg, no moment more defining than what has come to
be known as Pickett's charge. This particular engagement has always completely fascinated me.
I have been to Gettysburg many times and stood at the place on Seminary Ridge from where the
Confederates made their fateful charge that July day. To behold the scope and distance of the
land over which they had to march and to reflect on the courage it must have taken to make the
attempt is awe-inspiring to say the least. This too being couple with the fact that Pickett's charge
has come to be known also as the high tide of the Confederacy, it gives this moment in Civil War
history an almost unparalleled importance, and is a subject worthy of reflection and
immortalization.
I wanted to capture a sense of this moment as an artist subject, and instead of re-doing a scene
of the battle itself (which to me, in some ways, has been done to death), I found inspiration from a
segment of the classic documentary "The Civil War" by Ken Burns. It is always my desire to seize
upon those things which most humanize the conflict, and this segment offered a touching
example of this effect. Renown author and Civil War historian Shelby Foote is speaking of the
disastrous implications of Pickett's charge; that this failure cost the Confederacy the war. He
finishes with a touching example of its effect on future generations of southerners yet unborn:
"William Falkner in 'Intruder in the Dust' says that for every southern boy, it's always in his breech
to imagine it being 1 o'clock on an early July day in 1863; the guns are laid, the troops are lined
up, the flags are already out of their cases and ready to be unfurled, but it hadn't happened yet.
He can go back to the time before the war was going to be lost, and he can alway have that
moment for himself."
This work is about that moment. Generals Pickett and Pettigrew stand on Seminary ridge as
General Longsteet gives instructions for the assault. For me, this image is filled with all the
desperation, yet all the hope, that drove men to impossible heroism. Though Pickett's charge
was a disastrous failure, no one can remove the courage and valor from the brave men who
believed that faith and determination evened out the longest of odds. This piece is a tribute to all
the southern boys, from that time to this, who will always have that moment for themselves.
Gettysburg, and during the battle of Gettysburg, no moment more defining than what has come to
be known as Pickett's charge. This particular engagement has always completely fascinated me.
I have been to Gettysburg many times and stood at the place on Seminary Ridge from where the
Confederates made their fateful charge that July day. To behold the scope and distance of the
land over which they had to march and to reflect on the courage it must have taken to make the
attempt is awe-inspiring to say the least. This too being couple with the fact that Pickett's charge
has come to be known also as the high tide of the Confederacy, it gives this moment in Civil War
history an almost unparalleled importance, and is a subject worthy of reflection and
immortalization.
I wanted to capture a sense of this moment as an artist subject, and instead of re-doing a scene
of the battle itself (which to me, in some ways, has been done to death), I found inspiration from a
segment of the classic documentary "The Civil War" by Ken Burns. It is always my desire to seize
upon those things which most humanize the conflict, and this segment offered a touching
example of this effect. Renown author and Civil War historian Shelby Foote is speaking of the
disastrous implications of Pickett's charge; that this failure cost the Confederacy the war. He
finishes with a touching example of its effect on future generations of southerners yet unborn:
"William Falkner in 'Intruder in the Dust' says that for every southern boy, it's always in his breech
to imagine it being 1 o'clock on an early July day in 1863; the guns are laid, the troops are lined
up, the flags are already out of their cases and ready to be unfurled, but it hadn't happened yet.
He can go back to the time before the war was going to be lost, and he can alway have that
moment for himself."
This work is about that moment. Generals Pickett and Pettigrew stand on Seminary ridge as
General Longsteet gives instructions for the assault. For me, this image is filled with all the
desperation, yet all the hope, that drove men to impossible heroism. Though Pickett's charge
was a disastrous failure, no one can remove the courage and valor from the brave men who
believed that faith and determination evened out the longest of odds. This piece is a tribute to all
the southern boys, from that time to this, who will always have that moment for themselves.
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