The Bushwacker, a Wife's Appeal for Peace, 1865
John Rogers (1829-1904) "Bushwhackers were guerrilla fighters who were not affiliated with an army but carried out attacks against opposing individuals or families. Most of these attacks took place in rural areas in the border states between the opposing sides. They often degenerated into neighbor-on-neighbor fighting, and the violence escalated into atrocities that resulted in hundreds of deaths, such as the burning of Lawrence, Kansas, and the murder of two hundred men and boys in August 1863. In Rogers' sculpture a man with shaggy hair and beard and dressed in ragged clothing stands with a rifle in his hand and a knife tucked in his boot. His wife tries to pull away his gun with one hand and with the other places their child in his arms, begging him not to go. The man, who might otherwise look fierce and terrifying, inclines his head toward his baby with closed eyes, responding sweetly to his wife's plea."
The Bushwacker, a Wife's Appeal for Peace, 1865
John Rogers (1829-1904) "Bushwhackers were guerrilla fighters who were not affiliated with an army but carried out attacks against opposing individuals or families. Most of these attacks took place in rural areas in the border states between the opposing sides. They often degenerated into neighbor-on-neighbor fighting, and the violence escalated into atrocities that resulted in hundreds of deaths, such as the burning of Lawrence, Kansas, and the murder of two hundred men and boys in August 1863. In Rogers' sculpture a man with shaggy hair and beard and dressed in ragged clothing stands with a rifle in his hand and a knife tucked in his boot. His wife tries to pull away his gun with one hand and with the other places their child in his arms, begging him not to go. The man, who might otherwise look fierce and terrifying, inclines his head toward his baby with closed eyes, responding sweetly to his wife's plea."