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Prayer in Stonewall Jackson's Camp
- Creator:
- Adalbert Johann Volck
- Location:
- Maryland, Baltimore
- Origin Date:
- 1861-1863
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 12 in x 14 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0144
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This etching is a political cartoon by Adalbert Volck, a Southern sympathizer living in Baltimore, Maryland, during the United States Civil War. This cartoon, one of the Confederate War Etchings series, depicts a scene in the camp of Stonewall Jackson; the general appears to be delivering a sermon while his soldiers bow their heads or kneel in prayer. They are gathered in a clearing in the wooded campsite. In the background, a row of tents are pitched under a raised Confederate flag. Original etching one of thirty published in Volck's "Confederate War Etchings." Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
