Comments on: Antietam art from Arthur Lumley http://behind.aotw.org/2006/12/05/antietam-art-from-arthur-lumley/ the backwash of a digital history project Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:32:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Brian http://behind.aotw.org/2006/12/05/antietam-art-from-arthur-lumley/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 Brian Wed, 06 Dec 2006 14:21:35 +0000 http://behind.aotw.org/2006/12/05/antietam-art-from-arthur-lumley/#comment-3154 Thanks for the extra perspectives, Harry. I don't know what Lumley's caption tells us, either, but Mr Pritchard's take does seem a stretch. Maybe he has other documentation we don't know about. :) Thanks for the extra perspectives, Harry.

I don’t know what Lumley’s caption tells us, either, but Mr Pritchard’s take does seem a stretch.

Maybe he has other documentation we don’t know about. :)

]]> By: Harry http://behind.aotw.org/2006/12/05/antietam-art-from-arthur-lumley/comment-page-1/#comment-3153 Harry Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:56:17 +0000 http://behind.aotw.org/2006/12/05/antietam-art-from-arthur-lumley/#comment-3153 In the above, the Pritchard book is on the Irish Brigade, not the Iron Brigade. Harry In the above, the Pritchard book is on the Irish Brigade, not the Iron Brigade.

Harry

]]> By: Harry http://behind.aotw.org/2006/12/05/antietam-art-from-arthur-lumley/comment-page-1/#comment-3148 Harry Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:58:01 +0000 http://behind.aotw.org/2006/12/05/antietam-art-from-arthur-lumley/#comment-3148 Brian, I discussed this sketch with Sussanah Bruce, author of "The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers in the Union Army 1861-1865". She and we were just as confused about the sketch and its caption, and I think ultimately she had enough doubt to not use the sketch in her book. I think that it is more likely that Lumley was confused about the wing than the brigade. The sketch also appears in Russ Pritchard's book on the Iron Brigade. For what it's worth, his caption says "showing elements of the Irish Brigade charging across the Roulette Farm fields, assaulting Confederate positions in the sunken road adjacent to the Piper cornfield, defended by the North Carolina Brigade, about mid-morning, September 17, 1862". I'm not sure how he could be so certain. Also, IIRC the LOC originally credited this sketch to Waud. Harry Brian,

I discussed this sketch with Sussanah Bruce, author of “The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers in the Union Army 1861-1865″. She and we were just as confused about the sketch and its caption, and I think ultimately she had enough doubt to not use the sketch in her book. I think that it is more likely that Lumley was confused about the wing than the brigade. The sketch also appears in Russ Pritchard’s book on the Iron Brigade. For what it’s worth, his caption says “showing elements of the Irish Brigade charging across the Roulette Farm fields, assaulting Confederate positions in the sunken road adjacent to the Piper cornfield, defended by the North Carolina Brigade, about mid-morning, September 17, 1862″. I’m not sure how he could be so certain.

Also, IIRC the LOC originally credited this sketch to Waud.

Harry

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