Mort Kunstler - The Great Beefsteak Raid - Collectible Civil War Print

Description: The Great Beefsteak Race by Mort Kunstler --- General Wade Hampton - September 16, 1864 -- ( Official 1999 Snow Print ) The Country's foremost Civil War Artist By September of 1864, Confederate forces began to show the ill effects of a drawn-out war. Food, ammunition, and medicine were in short supply as trench warfare and siege tactics became the norm. In Virginia, General Wade Hampton was besieged at Petersburg and became well aware of the desperateness of his situation. A new enemy, one even more formidable than the much larger and better-outfitted Union Army, began to overtake his lines. The adversary’s name was “hunger” and it threatened to destroy the entire southern army’s spirit. The growing desperateness of his troop’s situation forced Hampton to undertake what would become one of the most ambitious raids of the entire Civil War. On September 15th he set out to commandeer an entire herd of cattle, numbering in the thousands, from the surrounding Union Army. By September 17th he had not only accomplished his goal of thievery, he also managed to drive the herd back to the safety of his own lines. This amazing feat required 2,500 captured cattle to traverse streams and cross battle scarred landscapes without stampeding. Perhaps the critical nature of the mission enabled the famished horsemen to pull it off as Hampton’s men returned triumphantly with enough food to sustain and nourish the starved army. n September of 1864, Confederate forces were besieged in Petersburg, Virginia and were suffering shortages of food supplies. Aware that his men were suffering from hunger, General Wade Hampton decided on a very daring, dangerous raid. He would attempt to steal an entire herd of nearly 2,500 head of cattle from the Union Army. On September 15-17 he somehow managed to pull it off! In one of the most dramatic and underpublicized raids of the war, the action is best told in Hampton’s own words.“…the command returned to their old quarters after an absence of three days, during which they had marched upward of 100 miles, defeating the enemy in two fights, and bringing from his lines in safety a large amount of captured property, together with 304 prisoners. Of the 2,486 cattle captured, 2,468 have been brought in, and I hope [to] get the few remaining ones. Three guidons were taken and eleven wagons brought in safely, several others having been destroyed. Three camps of the enemy were burned, after securing from them some very valuable stores, including quite a number of blankets. My loss was 10 killed, 47 wounded, and 4 missing.” --- STORED FLAT -- PROTECTED -- NEVER FRAMED --- Collectible Civil War Print Mint Condition Paper Print This is a beautiful collectible limited-edition Print ----- SOLD OUT PRINT EDITION ----- PERSONALLY HAND SIGNED BY MORT KUNSTLER AND NUMBERED The Image Size Is About --- 29 1/4" x 17" ----- MINT CONDITION PRINT ---- Comes with certificate of authenticity SHIPPING - Tube - Insured - Via UPS - $55 - Within the Continental USA - Lower 48 States ONLY ....INTERNATIONAL UPS SHIPPING - VIA EBAY's GLOBAL SHIPPING PROGRAM PAYMENT - Paypal - Visa - MasterCard - Check ~YOUR PHONE NUMBER IS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE DELIVERY OF UPS ITEMS.~FRAMING FOX FINE ART GALLERYLocated In New Bern, North Carolinawe have in stock the largest inventory of SOLD OUT Prints in the USAI HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS NOW FOR OVER 48 YEARS....... All North Carolina residents will be charged 6.75% sales tax included in invoice. HAPPY BIDDING AND ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE ART

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Location: New Bern, North Carolina

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