This painting depicts the homecoming that awaited many confederate veterans. The loss of their homes and families were the source of much ill feeling towards the north after the war. Object Type: painting. Genre: battle painting. Date: between 1907 and 1909. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 33 in (83.8 cm); width: 43 in (109.2 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Birmingham Museum of Art. Return Home by William Gilbert Gaul
