The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16

Ridge, the completion OF which marked the
| completion OF almost the only panorama
| OF any merit then painted in this country.
| Gettysburg, the Seige OF Paris, the battles
| of Waterloo, and Sedan, together with
some OF the other and better known pict-
ures having been painted abroad and
| shipped to this country. But q single loom
| in all the world was capable OF weaving
the canvass upon which the picture was to
be painted, and that in Brussels. The
| battle OF Atlanta was chosen as the second
| subject f0r the artists brush, and with bet
| ter acquaintance with each other, and a
| wider familiarity with the methods of war
| fare adopted in this country, and with the
men who participated in the civil war, re-
| suits have been accomplished in "Atlanta"
| which exceed those presented in any previ-
Gus painted panorama.
| Such is the uuivers al verdict ofthOse who
| have seen Gettysburg and the other pano-
| ramas on exhibition in this country.
Some idea OF the extent OF one OF these
| paintings may be formed from the state
ment that the canvass is $50 feet long and
so feet high and that its weight is seven
tons. The transportation even of this
great picture, rolled as it WAS in one great
roll became task OF itself requiring two
fat cars for it's shipment from Milwaukee
place in the stadio and rehaug it in its
permanent home in Minneapolis. Fully
twenty artists were engaged in painting it
for nearly year and its productions has
cost thousands OF dollars. This vast can
vass is covered with a magnificent land
Scape and vivid picture ofwar. More than
twenty thousand figures are to be seen from
the point OF observation and the whole scene
throbs with life and action. In no paint
L, h,sN
vivid actuality OF war been so truthfully
portrayed Blending with the painting is
ingeniOusly arranged nature itself. Grow
ing trees, mother earth, q stream OF water,
a smOldering campfire and simmering pot
OF water, an actual railroad track and
other devices which are in complete har-
mony with what is portrayed on the can
vas, lend such an air Of reality to the piCt-
ure that the closest study is required TO
define the line between the painted and the
actual With all this reminder OF war, old
soldiers are carried back in memory to the
events long past. Their enthusiasm knows
no bounds. Those not familiar with war
and all it's horrors, stand spell-bound and
awed. The impression is one that beggars
description.
THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN.
The great Rebellion is clearly divided in
to characteristic positions. The great up
rising which followed the firing upon
Fort Sumpter was the response OF the
citizens to the immediate need OF
OF their government and flag. The earlier
conflicts OF the war were fought by untrain-
ed and unseasoned soldiers. By 1868 reg
iments and commands had been many times
decimated. In 1864 veteran regiments
numbering 225 inuskets, followed their tat
tered battle flag and stood by it with a ten
~ au nd In
The Atlanta campaign was ended by such
soldiers commanded by officers who had in
many instances came from the ranks ex-
changing muskets for the sword. the cul-
minAtiou OF the Atlanta campaign was
series oil battles, the most desperate OF
which-that OF the 22d OF July-is known
as the Battle Of Atlanta, among the five
distinct BATTLES foughtin the vicinity. Sol
diers and officers who participated in it re-
fer TO, it frequently. Confederates char
acterize ii as the bitterest fight
in their experience. The conformation of
the battle ground and the method OF at
tack made the battle close, frequently hand
to hand, and always desperate. Gen. Sher-
mans army was placed in position in the
form of great ''S'' reversed. The assault
of Gen. Hood was upon the eastern lobe OF
this IS, = the Army Of the Tennessee. The
ground occupied by it was broken and
much of it densely wooded, affording cover
for near advance and attack, whichinvari-
ably resulted in the hand to hand fighting
mentioned. The foregoing win explain per-
haps the apparent difficulty OF depicting
this battle upon canvass in manner to
enable the comprehension Of the extent OF
the line and it's disposition.
Veterans, officers and soldiers, have in
variably expressed their belief that If At
Ianta could be painted, a panorama'0f un-
surpassed interest and value would be the
result. Such panorama has been paint
ed. In it may be seen great strategy,
military dispositions, Typographical
characteristics, and q conflict which equals
the memory OF participants, who upon
visiting the panorama find il possible to
locate remembered incidents and places
and thus bringing back forgotten scenes
with a cearness which shows the desirable
ity of painting panorama which is really
grand historical picture. Better than
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