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The Heroes of Manassas, (painting). Artist:  Cox, W. B., painter. Title:  The Heroes of Manassas, (painting). Other Titles:  Equestrian Group of Confederate Leaders, (painting). Dates:  1865. Medium:  Oil. Dimensions:  18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61.0 cm) Description:  Equestrian group portrait of Jefferson Davis and four Confederate Generals at the start of the war (P. G. T. Beauregard, Turner Ashby, Stonewall Jackson, and Joseph E. Johnston). Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait group Portrait male -- Davis, Jefferson Portrait male -- Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant Portrait male -- Ashby, Turner Portrait male -- Jackson, Stonewall Portrait male -- Johnston, Joseph E. Occupation -- Military -- General Equestrian Object Type:  Painting Owner:  United States Department of the Army, United States Military Academy, West Point Museum, West Point, New York 10996 Accession Number: 15,133 Provenance:  Bequest of Craighead, Alexander McCook, Dayton, Ohio Remarks:  Painting was listed as "An Equestrian Group of Confederate Leaders" by an unknown artist in the Dayton Art Institute Bulletin, vol. 18, no. 2, 1959, no. 12. In the Dayton Art Institute Bulletin, J.E. B. Stuart was identified as one of the generals, but in 1996 this identification was changed to Turner Ashby by the West Point Museum. References:  West Point Museum, 1996. Dayton Art Inst. Bulletin, v. 18, no. 2, 1959. Illustration:  Dayton Art Inst. Bull., v. 18, no. 2, 1959, pl. 12. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 81370009   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 81370009 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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