About This Painting: Peace at Gettysburg – 150 Years Later

The location of this painting purportedly is the area where the first conflict at Gettysburg commenced in the morning hours of July 1, 1863. Now it is a place of honor, solitude, and remembrance.

Sizes and Prices

40″ x 60″ Limited Edition of 100, Archival Reproduction, Oil on Canvas attached to Gator Board
Unframed $2,250.00
Framed with reclaimed barn wood from the Pennsylvania battlefields: $2,950.00

32″ x 48″ Limited Edition of 100, Archival Reproduction, Oil on Canvas
Unframed: $1,750.00
Framed: $2,250.00

48″ x 24″ Triptych, Limited Edition of 100, Archival Reproduction,  Oil on Canvas
$2,250.00

A Brief History Of Gettysburg

The battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (July 1st-3rd, 1863) was the largest recorded military conflict in North American history.

This battle took place in the fields outside the town of Gettysburg. At around 7:30 AM on July 1st, the first shots were fired. Major General George G. Meade led the 94,000-man Union Army of the Potomac as they approached confederate forces in defense of this territory. This conflict lasted three days.

Initially, Gettysburg was occupied by two Union brigades of Brigadier General John Buford, who had settled into defensive positions west of the town. The Confederates had early success capturing Devil’s Den and the Peach Orchard.

On the third day of battle, the Union Army repulsed an attack on Cemetery Ridge by General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, known as Pickett’s Charge – one of the bloodiest assaults of the Civil War.

Lee’s second invasion of the North had failed, causing his army to retreat back to Virginia. There were heavy casualties on both sides. It is estimated 51,000 soldiers died during this three-day conflict.

Heartbreaking that such a beautiful land, once united, could stand divided for a time and far too many precious lives lost from many family lineages of America.

Quotes from the Leaders of the North and South

As President Abraham Lincoln once said regarding the US Constitution:

“The people–the people–are the rightful masters of both congresses, and court–not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it.”

With his heart torn with the issues of his day, he said regarding the Emancipation Proclamation:

“And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.”

Robert E Lee reflected before and after the Civil War:

“With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the Army, and save in defense of my native State, with the sincere hope that my poor services may never be needed, I hope I may never be called on to draw my sword…”

“So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.”