Heroes
This is a cartoon I did of my favorite combat submarine and its commander First Lieutenant George Erasmus Dixon during his successful mission to sink an enemy ship, USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864. This enemy ship was preventing food and medical supplies from the fine folks of Charleston, South Carolina.
I have been drawing Lieut. Richard Dowling who thwarted an attempted invasion of Texas, in the process the Lincoln Navy with 5,000 infantry 4 gunboats 18 transports supported the effort and they lost three gunboats during the battle, two captured and one destroyed., some 350 prisoners and a large quantity of supplies and munitions. It's considered the [second] battle of Sabine Pass the most remarkable in military history because Lt Dowling did it with just 47 men with no casualties. Hoorah for Company F ("Jeff Davis Guards"), 1st Texas Heavy Artillery Regiment. The Kings of Battle
From Slave to Soldier to personal friend of the President of the United States and the man who inspired the "Teddy Bear" One remarkable person
General John Hood
General Hood Arguably one of the best and toughest brigade and division commanders in the American Confederate Army, He had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness, and by the age of 33 was promoted to full general making him the youngest soldier on either side of the war to be given command of an army. Always leading from the front he was wounded numerous times. Lost his left arm and his right leg but continued commanding.
After the Lincoln War, Hood moved to Louisiana and became a cotton broker and worked as president of the Life Association of America, an insurance business. In 1868, he married New Orleans native Anna Marie Hennen, with whom he had 11 children over 10 years, including three pairs of twins. He also served the community in numerous philanthropic endeavors, assisting in fund-raising for orphans, widows, and wounded soldiers.
During the winter of 1878–79 he was killed during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans. The epidemic also killed Hood’s bride, and his eldest daughter Lydia. His other ten children were left orphaned and destitute. The Texas Brigade Association provided support for the children of their beloved commander for more than 20 years and all ten children were eventually adopted by seven different families in Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, and New York.
He is appropriately memorialized by Hood County in Texas and the U.S. Army installation, Fort Hood in central Texas.
This design was inspired after reading “Noted Guerrillas” by John Edwards. This memoirs is written by one who knew these brave men personally. Being a History of the Lives and Adventures of Quantrell, Bill Anderson, George Todd, Dave Poole, Fletcher Taylor, Peyton Long, Oll Shepherd, ‘little’ Arch Clements, John Maupin, Tuck and Woot Hill, Wm; Gregg, Thomas Maupin, George Maddox, and the James Brothers, to name a few. Cheers!
John Morton Artillery Battalion, The Kings of Battle.
More to come
