Quantrill's Men Come to Call

Quantrill's Men Come to Call
Oil on panel, 16x12
Civil War Reenactment

Quantrill and his men rode up to the house, to ask Cindy Alderson permission to water their horses.  Stopping to rest, the men would be  starting again for the 40 mile ride to Lawrence. The Alderson family fed these men, and the soldiers paid for all supplies necessary.  Less than two weeks later, the Union soldiers would come here and take everything, setting the house on fire,  during Order 11 in 1863.  Unlike the neighboring houses, the fire went out on it's own, and the house remains 150 years later.  This is painting number  238 in 238 days.  It is hard to keep up this pace with larger panels and more complicated subject matter!