"Angel of Marye's Heights"
"Angel of Marye's Heights"
"Angel of Marye's Heights"
Image size: 22" x 16 1/2"
Edition size: 1250 Signed and numbered
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On December 13, 1862 a series of attacks on the Confederate army positioned at Fredricksburg cost the Unnion army more than 12,000 casualties. The dead and wounded littered the ground in front of the sunken roadat the base of Marye's Heights.
All night long wounded and dying men gried out agonizingly. One man - Sergeant Richard Kirkland, could no longer stand the wailing. He asked permission from General Joseph Kershaw to go over the wall and give water to the wounded. At first he was denied. Eventually Kershaw relented, but he still would not allow Kirkland to display a white handerkerchiefas a sign of truce.
Thousands of amazed men from both sides saw the young man carry canteens to nearby sufferrers. The federals held their fire for an hour and a half while Kirland performed his mission of mercy.
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