Hobson of Alabama 1899 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame McClellan at the Battle of

McClellan at the Battle of Antietam

humid light the postcard printers loved to chase

when the country learned what a single day's casualty list could look like

The drawing reads like a quiet argument in stone: that a young nation could shoulder the Atlantic if it built tall enough

Hobson of Alabama 1899 Frame Style:Verdigris Frame McClellan at the Battle ofHobson of Alabama 1899 a press portrait of Richmond Pearson Hobson fresh from the sinking of the Merrimac at Santiago, the young naval lieutenant returning to his home state already wearing the laurel of empire's first hero, his face arranged for a republic newly enamored with its own bravado. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical