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"29th
Colored Trooper"
Dignity
2003
This is a painting of one of the
re-enactors portraying a member of the 29th US Colored
Troops at the Old Wade House Civil War Weekend in 2003.
This unit was assembled of "freemen" and
who had ties to Wisconsin and Illinois during the Civil
War. This re-enactor's persona captured the dignity and
courage that was a hallmark of all the soldiers of color
during the American Civil War, which I have tried to
convey in this watercolor painting.
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