Civil war, picket duty in virginia. The scene shows union troops in blue uniforms firing with rifles over a fence, from their position in a wood. The union troops are shown standing, crouching and kneeling, firing or standing at-the-ready with their rifles, whilst an officer looks on from behind. Their target is a confederate column of cavalry which is crossing the field in front of them. One of their horses, its rider lying on the ground, is bolting. A farmhouse and a road is discernible in the background. Object Type: painting. Genre: battle painting. Date: 1862. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: 39.3 × 47.3 cm (15.5 × 18.6 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Century Association. Albert Bierstadt - Guerrilla Warfare
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