Thanksgiving Day in the Army – After Dinner: The Wish-Bone – Drawn by Winslow Homer (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VIII), Winslow Homer

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Thanksgiving Day in the Army – After Dinner: The Wish-Bone – Drawn by Winslow Homer (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VIII), December 3, 1864, Wood engraving, image: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. ( x cm), Prints, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Homer’s image of Union soldiers breaking a wishbone in camp after a Thanksgiving meal in 1864 conveys the hope that the Civil War might be drawing to a close. Indeed, within four months the Confederate capital of Richmond would fall and General Robert　E

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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