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12th Illinois Cavalry
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The 12th Illinois Cavalry was organized at Camp Butler, near Springfield, and was mustered into the United States service on the 28th day of February 28, 1862, Col. Arno Voss commanding. The regiment served in Maryland and Virginia until the spring of 1863, when it joined the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac. Col. Voss was, temporarily, placed in command of a brigade and was succeeded in the command of the regiment by Lieut. Col. Davis. The next important service of the regiment, under Col. Davis, was the Richmond raid in April, 1863. After this, the regiment was assigned to the first brigade, 1st division, cavalry corps, Buford's, where it encountered much hard service during the campaign of 1863, including the battle of Gettysburg. Here it was commanded by Capt. George W. Shears, a brave and capable officer. (From the address by William M. Luff, Esq., late major of the 12th Illinois cavalry at the dedication ceremony for the monument.)
The Battle of Hunterstown Bas Relief (Pre-Sale)
ARTIST'S NOTE: I’m excited to announce that we will be taking pre-orders for a fine-art piece that will be released over the July 4th weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to offer something worthy of an extremely limited edition, and this one is it! It’s a cold cast bronze bas relief depicting the cavalry action between U.S. Gen. Custer’s and C.S. Gen. Hampton’s troopers as part of the Gettysburg campaign, measuring approximately 34” x 21” and weighing 22 ½ pounds, and only 25 castings of this beauty (pictured above) will be offered. The tablet is for a proposed monument soon to be erected near Hunterstown. As each of these pieces is hand-cast and finished, there is a fair amount of work and time involved, so because of this, we will begin the pre-orders this weekend (April 11-12) during History Meets the Arts, with the orders being ready for pick up at the gallery or shipping on July 2nd. As a special treat for those of you who are able to visit Gettysburg between April and July, one of the finished pieces will be on display at the gallery. Now, for the fine print details—when you place your pre-order, just indicate whether you want to pick up the piece or have it shipped to you.
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