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An exceptional collection of art centered on the theme of the Civil War soldier is the subject of a new exhibit at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park’s Hall of Valor Museum. Artists with firsthand knowledge of their subject painted all of the pieces during the years immediately following the war. Noted artists Julian Scott, Edwin Forbes, E. L. Henry, and John Rogers are represented in the collection.
Over a period of 75 years, three generations of the Raeburn family of New York, New York assembled this significant collection, which focuses attention on the individual soldier rather than great battle depictions.
An exhibit guide accompanies the collection, which is displayed outside the Hall of Valor Museum theater. The Raeburn collection joins other works of art in the museum, including a collection of Kurtz & Allison prints of Civil War battles, depictions of the Battle of New Market, and the allegorical stained-glass window by Israeli-born artist Ami Shamir that memorializes the 10 VMI cadets killed at the Battle of New Market.
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