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The General "The Hero"

Artist George N. Barnard (American, 1819-1902)

CultureAmerican

Date1864?

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 7 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (20 × 14.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 12 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (31.8 × 26.5 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 1/16 × 16 in. (51 × 40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of David L. Hack and Museum purchase, with funds from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., by exchange

Object number98.32.112

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DescriptionThe David L. Hack Civil War Photography Collection. This is a black and white photograph of a steam engine. The perspective places the front of the engine in the right side and extends back at an angle to the left side. To the right of the train is a sloping dirt hill and trees on top of that hill. This is from _Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War_ (Hack Collection No. 2].

Label TextGeorge N. Barnard American (1819-1902) The General "The Hero," 1864 Albumen print 98.32.112 On April 12, 1862 this locomotive was seized in a daring raid by Union raider James J. Andrews and his party. After a chase across the states of Tennessee and Georgia by another locomotive-running backwards-the General was captured and Andrews, along with seven of his raiders, were hanged by Confederate forces. The locomotive is now in the collection of the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in Kennesaw, Georgia. The zany chase became legend and was made into a silent movie by Buster Keaton in 1927. Edited By: DS Edited Date: 01/2006Exhibition History"Civil War Photographs from the David L. Hack Collection and Civil War Redux: Pinhole Photographs by Willie Anne Wright," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, February 3 - October 29, 2006; Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC, February 15 - May 28, 2007; Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, July 26 - September 21, 2008 "History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001.