In the middle of an attack on Lovejoy's train station, 20 miles south of Atlanta, Brigadier-General Kilpatrick found his cavalry force trapped between a Confederate infantry Brigade to their front and Brigadier- General Sul Ross' cavalry brigade behind them. Colonel Minty was tasked by Kilpatrick with leading the charge to break out before they were completely surrounded by the Confederates.
Minty turned the force around to face Ross's 700 dismounted Texans, placing his 4700 troopers in three columns by regiment, four riders abreast per column.
Ross's Texans were supported by a solitary 12-pdr howitzer, across the McDonough road on a hill among a grove of trees.
In this painting the 4th US cavalry are charging down the road with the 4th Michigan and 7th Pennsylvania alongside them. Behind them, other regiments follow.
Despite heavy fire from the Texans and the lone howitzer, the US cavalry hit the Texans at full gallop, breaking through and making good their escape.

FROM: Osprey Publishing's, 'Atlanta 1864'

PRICE: £645.00 (unframed)
SIZE: Image approx. H 33 cm x W 48 cm (H 13 x W 19 inches)
MEDIUM: Watercolour and gouache