A Lean and Hungry Set of Wolves (1 Viewer)

[7th OVI]

In early September of 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) moved north as its first invasion of states that had not succeeded. The invasion would ultimately lead to the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg on September 17th, 1862. On or about September 12th, 1862, two events occurred that are significant to the telling of the story of the battle of Antietam/ Sharpsburg. First is the issuance of Special Order 191 Army of Northern Virginia, also known as the "Lost Order" or "Lost Dispatch" and the other is an image taken of the Army of Northern Virginia under arms in column. The invading Confederates were described by one observer as "a lean and hungry set of wolves." Jacob Engelbrecht, a civilian wrote that "Many [Confederate soldiers] were barefooted, and some had one shoe & one barefoot-they really looked "Ragged and tough." Per the Historical Society of Frederick County, "the Confederate column paused at the corner of Market and Patrick streets (an intersection known as the Square Corner) in Frederick, Maryland. This image was probably taken on September 12, 1862, two days prior to the Battle of South Mountain, by an unknown photographer who was perched on the second floor above Jacob Rosenstock's Dry Good & Clothing Store. This is believed to be the only extant photograph of Confederate soldiers marching in columns." I used this war time image as a model for this diorama of a Confederate column or a column of "lean and hungry set of wolves" moving through Frederick. One other note, in the summer of 1863, the ANV would conduct a second invasion and during this move north, the 2nd Maryland CSA would meet a mongrel stray dog that they would adopt as their mascot. They named the dog Grace, and it would accompany the regiment all the way to the battle of Gettysburg. I added the WB marching figure with a dog in remembrance of Grace and the 2nd Maryland CSA. I also included an image of the whole diorama before editing. Hope you like it. Thx Chris

 

[Louis Badolato]

What an amazing interpretation of the photograph! I was at Gettysburg with my son yesterday, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate your well researched depictions of the Civil War!

 

[mestell]

A well researched and penned back story for your very nicely done diorama Chris. Kudos!
Mike

 

[29 Let's Go]

Thanks for connecting your diorama to the story. The photograph is somewhat haunting.
Steve

 

[Horus]

Well done Chris.
As Steve says, a very haunting photo.

 

[Kenneth Osen]

Wow, that looks great!

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Another great one Chris!! Love the background you give and of course the scene/dio you created to go with it looks perfect!!

Very inspirational for me in providing ideas for my area of interest (the AWI). Thanks for sharing.

 

[Woodyskysolo]

In early September of 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) moved north as its first invasion of states that had not succeeded. The invasion would ultimately lead to the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg on September 17th, 1862. On or about September 12th, 1862, two events occurred that are significant to the telling of the story of the battle of Antietam/ Sharpsburg. First is the issuance of Special Order 191 Army of Northern Virginia, also known as the "Lost Order" or "Lost Dispatch" and the other is an image taken of the Army of Northern Virginia under arms in column. The invading Confederates were described by one observer as "a lean and hungry set of wolves." Jacob Engelbrecht, a civilian wrote that "Many [Confederate soldiers] were barefooted, and some had one shoe & one barefoot-they really looked "Ragged and tough." Per the Historical Society of Frederick County, "the Confederate column paused at the corner of Market and Patrick streets (an intersection known as the Square Corner) in Frederick, Maryland. This image was probably taken on September 12, 1862, two days prior to the Battle of South Mountain, by an unknown photographer who was perched on the second floor above Jacob Rosenstock's Dry Good & Clothing Store. This is believed to be the only extant photograph of Confederate soldiers marching in columns." I used this war time image as a model for this diorama of a Confederate column or a column of "lean and hungry set of wolves" moving through Frederick. One other note, in the summer of 1863, the ANV would conduct a second invasion and during this move north, the 2nd Maryland CSA would meet a mongrel stray dog that they would adopt as their mascot. They named the dog Grace, and it would accompany the regiment all the way to the battle of Gettysburg. I added the WB marching figure with a dog in remembrance of Grace and the 2nd Maryland CSA. I also included an image of the whole diorama before editing. Hope you like it. Thx Chris

Awesome . Not much more can I say. Paul

 

[7th OVI]

Thanks for the kind comments. That image of those Confederate soldiers is definitely haunting. In the past, I have done some analysis on the image to guide my ACW dioramas. For example, how many are wearing forage caps versus other headgear and so on. Hard to believe that on September 17th a number of these Confederates would be causalities. Will probably revisit this diorama in the future once I finish the 19th century city diorama. Thx Chris