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Sheridan's Ride remembered in Read and Eytinge contrast
Elmo Scott Watson recalls the 1864 Sheridan ride that turned a rout into a Union victory. He notes Read's poem inspired by Eytinge's Harper's Weekly engraving and contrasts Read's painting with Eytinge's more accurate depiction of Sheridan and Rienzi.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Sheridan
Phil Sheridan
Winchester
Cedar Creek
Phil
Rienzi
Jubal A. Early
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Paul Revere
Thomas Buchanan Read
Read
Harper’s Weekly
T.’ Buchanan
Eytinge
New York
Ha 'S Weekly
Fier
Read’s
Sol Eytinge Jr
Harper's Weekly