Gettysburg Memorial to the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, by Jessie C. Zinn, circa 1890
Artifact
Oil painting (Visual work)
Date Made
circa 1890
Summary
The soldier figure on this Michigan Cavalry Brigade Monument looks out over the Gettysburg battlefield where this brigade fought fiercely on July 3, 1863, helping assure Union victory. A number of the surviving veterans attended the monument's dedication in June 1889. Did one of them ask Gettysburg artist Jessie Zinn to paint it? Coincidentally--Zinn had been born on farm outside town the day after the battle.
Creators
Place of Creation
Object ID
00.3.4351
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
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Gettysburg Memorial to the Michigan Cavalry Brigade, by Jessie C. Zinn, circa 1890
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