A Confederate Soldier's Letter

Dimensions: 27 1/2"W x 24 1/2"H
Watercolor
1984-94

Twenty-three days after Caleb Minor left his Manassas home on a frigid December morning, he wrote to his mother the first of only three letters. In it, he shared the following fears of a young friend: The nervous strain was plainly visible upon all of us. All moved doggedly forward in obedience to orders, in absolute silence so far as talking was concerned. A few temporarily fell out, unable to endure the nervous strain which was simply awful. This is the duty I undertook to perform for my country, and now I'll do it, and leave the results to God. My greatest fear is not that I might be killed, but that I might be grievously wounded and left a victim of suffering on the field.
(from an imaginary soldier's diary)

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