GDG- Corpotral Francis Wallar 6th Wisc

[Mark Maritato]

Mike

Thanks I am very well familiar with that painting.

I have never seen a photo of Wallar in existence, I Don't know what Don
biased his depiction on, I will have to ask him. My guess is that if a photo
does not exist he probably based off of contemporary descriptions of him,
probably from his military or pension records.

I have my doubts about there being any photo of him;

It would be quite surprising since he was a Medal of Honor winner for doing
such a famous thing as capturing a flag.. If anyone knows about a photo or
comes across anything please let me know.

Mark M.



-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]On
Behalf Of Michael Peters
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:25 PM
To: GDG
Subject: Re: GDG- Corpotral Francis Wallar 6th Wisc

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


Mark:

  The only thing I have come across is a painting by Troiani entitled "Fight
for the Colors" which shows Corporal Waller, 6th Wisconsin, grappling with
Corporal Murphy of the 2nd Mississippi.

  Respectfully,

  Mike Peters
  colliszouave at yahoo.com

  Mark Maritato <mm14nysm at optonline.net> wrote:
    Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:

Does anyone out there know if there is a photo or portrait in existence of
Corporal Francis Wallar of the 6th Wisconsin?



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