Presenting The Colors - Canvas Giclee

Presenting The Colors - Canvas GicleeCanvas Giclee (printed as ordered) 25 Numbered Overall: 33" x 24" $700. 00 By 1860, the long debate over how to defend the United States remained. Some still argued for a standing professional army with a trained officer corps, while others saw this as tyranny, remindful of the British regulars from the Revolutionary War era. As the debate raged, the militia system, backed by Constitutional guarantees and the Militia Act of 1792, was the cornerstone

35 Numbered

Lieutenant William Adamson of the New York Volunteers was severely wounded during the battle

with 3 subaltern officers

the Saintonge Regiment was formed in 1684 and saw much service in the decades before the American Revolution

4th New York Regiment

Minute and militia companies had been congregating at Meriam's Corner

Sutherland Highlanders

In August 1861

or perish upon the ensanguined fields of war

In fact Gen

McMahon killed

not knowing if or when they would return