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Blood Shed in this War

Blood Shed in this War

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Blood Shed in this War

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  1. Blood Shed in this War Captain Adolph G. Metzner was born in Germany in 1834. As a young man, he attended the University of Freiberg, earning a pharmacy degree. In 1856, he immigrated to America. In partnership with another druggist, he opened a pharmacy in Louisville, KY. Four months after the start of the Civil War he was recruited for service. Soldier artists during the American Civil War shared their experiences with Captain Adolph G. Metzner. His creations survive as a stunning visual diary of sketches, drawings, and watercolors depicting his world during three years of service. Only small portions of this historically significant Civil War art have ever been published. His works chronicled the day-to-day life of a soldier's world. He is a combination of Winslow Homer and Bill Mauldin. Early in his military career, Metzner's studies of his fellow soldiers resulted in a series of caricatures of his associates. Some of those depicted cannot be identified, but most certainly they are accurately portrayed, albeit with a tinge of comical exaggeration likely influenced by the personality of the subject. Metzner's art changed with impressions of the battlefield. As he “saw more of the elephant” his work showed the turmoil and struggle the men experienced. Humor was a fleeting spirit in the later days of war, and Metzner's work mirrored that fact. Throughout his service with the regiment, and until the end of its three-year enlistment near Atlanta, Metzner produced his works on any available material. Close examination reveals torn sections of cardboard used as the illustrator's canvas. It is likely that Metzner produced tints from natural materials such as berries and bark when supplies became scarce. Michael Peake brings Metzner to life in his compelling and well-researched text. His brief history of the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry gives the reader a deeper understanding of the trials these men faced as they struggled through Shiloh and General Braxton Bragg's invasion of Kentucky to Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and culminating with the move on Atlanta.

  2. Prussian infantry veteran, Henry von Treba, arrives at Camp Willich in August of 1861. Pencil and Watercolor.

  3. Lt. Colonel von Trebra calls “Attention” in August of 1861. Inset is Jacob Lawinsky, the “camp comedian.” Watercolor.

  4. Returning from picket duty, Green River KY, February 1862, Watercolor.

  5. Battle of Chickamauga, September, 1863. Watercolor.

  6. Battle of Atlanta Campaign, May 1864. Watercolor.

  7. Member of the Sixth Indiana Battery (Morton’s Battery) at Pittsburg Landing, 1862. Watercolor.

  8. Jacob Lawinsky “Scared to death by rebel cavalry.” 1862, Watercolor.

  9. “Good Old Country Ways” McCook camp, near Stevenson, Alabama. Summer 1862. Watercolor.

  10. “Capt. Gotts Wunder a Portion” Camp comedian Jacob Lawinsky at an outpost near Corinth, MS, April 1862. Watercolor.

  11. “You’re the father, don’t deny it” Jacob Lawinsky makes his final appearance in Metzner’s artwork. The opposite illustration features a Mississippi midwife attending to a birthing mother while the Union soldiers observe. April, 1862. Watercolor.

  12. Bathing in the Chattahouchee River, with some difficulty. The soldier emerges covered in leeches. July 1864. Watercolor.

  13. A Flag of truce to exchange prisoners. Green River, KY, February 1862. Watercolor.

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