Mort Kunstler "Changing of the Pickets" print SIGNED #250/1150 MINT

Description: "Changing of the Pickets" by Mort Kunstler Fredericksburg, Va., December 6, 1862SIGNED AND NUMBERED #250/1150Collectible Civil War Print * SOLD OUT PRINT EDITIONNEW *NEVER FRAMED * STORED FLATComes with the original certificate of authenticity.MINT CONDITION FREE SHIPPING TO THE CONTINENTAL U.S.Looking for other Kunstler prints?Please check my other listings! We are liquidating a collection once belonging to my Father-in-Law. He moved into assisted living and the sale of these items all go to help support him there. Liner notes: They too bore the burden of war. America’s civilians – both North andSouth – endured hardship and deprivation comparable, in many cases, to the menin uniform. They endured the loss of loved ones - husbands, fathers and sons -who were “gone for a soldier.” They sacrificed time and treasure to support themen at war. And in many cases, the loss of loved ones was permanent. Between1861 and 1865, the wages of war were often issued in deep and personalsuffering on the home front. This was especially true in the South, where thewar fought, and it was particularly true in Fredericksburg, Virginia - ahandsome, historic city perched alongside Virginia’s Rappahannock River. As the War Between the States swept over the embattled South, it came toFredericksburg with a mighty vengeance in December of 1862. Huge and powerful,the North’s Army of the Potomac, commanded by General Ambrose E. Burnside,massed on the northern side of the Rappahannock. On the opposite side layGeneral Robert E. Lee’s hard-driving, hard-fighting Army of Northern Virginia.Between both armies lay picturesque Fredericksburg. Eventually, one of thebloodiest battles of the war would ravage Fredericksburg, leaving devastationin its wake. In early December, however - as winter draped the riverside town in itscustomary cloak of white - Fredericksburg’s residents made do with the ways ofwar. To avoid drawing Federal artillery fire into the city, General Lee kept areduced presence in the city: even the handful of troops detailed for picketduty were careful not to provoke enemy fire. Hard times lay ahead for thepeople of Fredericksburg – not only in the weeks to come, but in the years thatfollowed until the end of the war. Yet, like Southerners everywhere - and manyof their Northern counterparts - the citizens of the city valiantly movedforward with life. They endured sacrifice. They persevered. They were Americans.

Price: 210 USD

Location: Greensboro, North Carolina

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