Henry B. Hidden - Artistic Depictions of Hidden's Charge

Artistic Depictions of Hidden's Charge

Hidden's charge sparked the imagination of several artists in subsequent years. Victor Nehlig painted An Episode of the War — The Cavalry Charge of Lt. Henry B. Hidden in 1875, and Frank Leslie illustrated the Sangster's Station skirmish in The Soldier of Our Civil War (1893). The former is on display in the New-York Historical Society's Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture.

Additionally, the New York Evening Post printed a poem inspired by his charge.

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