Mark Maritato Historical Art by MARK MARITATO HISTORICAL ART

About Mark Maritato Mark Maritato’s passion is to bring history to life on canvas. Combining an undying love for history and fine art painting, Mark Maritato excels in bringing true-to-life realism to his work. Since he was a young boy, Mr. Maritato has shown remarkable talent in recreating historical events he would read about through his finely detailed pencil drawings. It was Mr. Maritato’s love for drawing and history that has led Mr. Maritato to pursue a career in art. He formally studied painting and Illustration at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn New York. It was at Pratt where he honed his talents through long studio painting sessions and hours of anatomy study. Mr. Maritato studied under the tutelage of working Illustration professors such as Joseph A Smith; Sal Montano, Don Albright, Peter Fiore, and Tom Lapadula. It was while a student that Mr. Maritato first began to paint military historical subjects. His first major battle scene was “Heart of Texas” which depicts the Confederate 1st Texas Regiment in their desperate fight in D.R. Miller’s Cornfield during the battle of Antietam, Maryland. Mr. Maritato continues to create historical artworks out of his Danbury Connecticut studio for clients and collectors around the world. Mark Maritato’s original masterworks are renouned among private collectors and institutions for their high quality in color as well as thier magnificent attention to detail. All of Mr. Maritato’s artworks are created using only the highest quality paints and materials. Mr. Maritato’s formal training comes through in every painting he creates and follows in the tradition of the world’s finest masters of historical art. Publications and Exhibitions: Historical Advisor: “Grant Vs. Lee” (Formerly To Appomattox) Television Miniseries, Gallery Exhibitions and Shows: 2012 - Green County Council of the Arts - Catskill NY - “Undaunted Valor” Solo Exhibition of Civil War Original Artworks 2004-2008 - American Historical Art Gallery - Gettysburg Pennsylvania - Various Shows and Appearances 2003-2006 - “History Meets the Arts” - Gettysburg Pennsylvania 2005-2007 - Gettysburg National Military park Visitors Center Book Store - Gettysburg Pennsylvania 2005 - Mountain Top Gallery - Windham NY - Solo Exhibition of Civil War Original Artwork 1998-2000 - The Farnsworth House Gallery - Gettysburg Pennsylvania Publications and Shows: C-Span3 - “The Battle of Chancellorsville 1863” by Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park Historian Frank O’Reilly The Union Divided - Union/Confederate War Gaming Boxed Sets - Gordon and Hague Wargames “The Fellers Called him Bill” 3-Volume Book Set by P.J. Kearns “American Ride” BYUtv Show “The Colorbearers” - PBS Documentary Film Wayside Exhibits - The U.S. National Park Service at Manassas National Battlefield Park - Manassas Virginia Novel Cover: “Lightning from the West” by Fred Melchiore “Fire Within - Copperheads and the Civil War” by Fred Melchiore America’s Civil War Magazine - Various Editions Gettysburg Magazine - Special Publication Civil War Art Magazine - Special Publication Collections: Zadock Pratt Museum - Prattsville New York Hunterstown Historical Society, Gettysburg Pennsylvania Monmouth Battlefield State Park - Manalapan / Freehold Township New Jersey Belle Grove Plantation Museum at the Cedar Creek Battelfield - Middletown VA Daughters of the American Revolution - Hudson New York Chapter The US Army Soldier Systems Center Harley Davidson Inc. Airliewood Mansion - Holly Springs Mississippi Carter House Museum and Visitors Center - Franklin National Battlefield Park - Franklin, Tennessee The City of Oswego New York The Bayside Historical Society at Fort Totten, Bayside Queens New York The Lackawanna Historical Society - Scranton, PA SONY - Paramount - New York and various other corporate and private collections around the World

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The Battle of Brooklyn

Smallwood’s Maryland Battalion August 27th 1776 Year Created 2015 Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

Depicted here is the climax of the battle of Brooklyn, also known as the battle of Long Island, fought on August 27th 1776 during the Revolutionary War where Colonel William Smallwood’s Maryland battalion of about 400 men being lead by Brigadier General William Alexander (Lord Stirling) and Major Mordecai Gist. These men are shown in magnificent detail as they are engaged in a masterful, yet desperate rear-guard action to stop the British advance headed by Hessians and Jaegers Corps under De Heister/Von Donop as well as the British 71st Regiment of Foot (Frasers Highlanders). Smallwood’s Marylanders made multiple charges with the bayonet near the old stone Vechte-Cortelyou house located on the Shore Road and sacrificed over 256 men. Stirling’s stubborn action against over three times his number slowed the British down long enough to buy the remainder General George Washington’s force precious time to retreat across the nearby Gowanus Marsh and reach the main Continental Army line (located on today’s Fort Green and Red Hook Sections). The Sacrifice of Smallwood’s Marylanders allowed Washington’s Army to regroup and retreat: escaping across the East River to the battery located

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on Manhattan Island. The Marylanders were one of the few well-uniformed and equipped organizations in Washington’s Army being dressed in hunting-style frocks with Buckskin breeches and armed with “Committee of Safety” Muskets.

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The Ulster Guard

This painting depicts the brave Colonel George Watson Pratt leading his regiment,

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infantry. Like an ocean wave breaking against a rock jetty, the Federal lines melted away as they reached the railroad embankment. Many Union soldiers, unable to retreat, were pinned-down upon the embankment and in some instances the fighting became fierce: at point-blank range or hand to hand. The sustained fighting was so intense that in one instance a Louisiana brigade ran out of ammunition and began hurling rocks at the oncoming union soldiers. Colonel Prattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s regiment, having been placed on the right of the main assault force became separated by the terrain and found themselves in a dense patch of woods. As the 20th became entangled with the rough terrain taking casualties at every step from heavy fire of an enemy masked by woods and the railroad embankment, Colonel Pratt dismounted from his horse and lead the regiment forward on foot. With his sword in one hand and his cap in the other, Pratt stepped in front of his regimentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colors and urged his men to move forward. Colonel Pratt was then struck by a bullet that ripped through his shoulder and spine and he fell mortally wounded. Pratt was then carried off the field where he would be transported to Lexington Virginia, then to Albany, New York where he died as a result of his wounds on September 11th 1862.

Battle of 2nd Manassas the 20th New York State Militia (80th New York Volunteers) during the massive Union August 30th 1862 assault on the Confederate center during the Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia (2nd Year Created 2014 Bull Run). Concealed along an unfinished railroad cut that provided a ready-made Oil on Canvas 36in x 24in defensive position: Confederate infantry under Stonewall Jackson rained destruction Status: Zadock Pratt Museum Collection in the form of un-relenting musket and artillery fire upon the blue waves of Federal

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Taking Griffin’s Battery

Battle of 1st Manassas - July 21st 1861 Year Created 2011 Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

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At the height of the first major clash of arms between North and South, the 11th New York Fire Zouaves (made up of New York City Firemen) and 14th Brooklyn New York State Militia together battled atop Henry House Hill to regain control of two artillery pieces of Captain Charles Griffin’s battery that were lost to to the Confederate forces. By this point in the battle, the contesting lines became two armed mobs of mixed together units fighting at some points hand to hand for control over the battery. The 1st battle of Manassas was hallmarked by the vast array of colorful uniforms on both side which caused massive confusion. The dogged determination of the New Yorkers to stand and fight helped save the remainder of Griffin’s and Rickett’s batteries from capture. In this painting the white silk flag of the 11th New York Fire Zouaves was painstakingly reproduced from the original blood-stained artifact that saw service in the actual battle. The uniforms of the Zouaves was based off of extensive research and contemporary photographs.

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General John Buford Gettysburg Campaign June - July 1863 Year Created 2013 Oil on Panel 20in x 16in Status: Private Collection

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Brigadier General John Buford commanded the Army of the Potomac’s reserve cavalry brigade during the Gettysburg Campaign. Buford’s command arrived in Gettysburg on June 30th 1863 and began making preparations to defend the ridges West of the town against Confederate infantry divisions that were known to be in the area. During the early hours of July 1st, 1863 Buford’s troopers made contact with Confederate infantry moving down the Chambersburg Pike toward Gettysburg. Soon afterward, the skirmish grew into a major battle with a thin line of cavalry troopers holding-off two divisions of infantry. With every fourth man holding horses behind the line, Buford’s men stubbornly fell back, ridge-to-ridge inflicting heavy damage with breech-loading carbines that could fire more rapidly than the muskets used by the Confederates. Buford’s brigade held until firm infantry reinforcements from the the Army’s First Corps came up to relieve Buford. The battle of Gettysburg would go on for two more days involving over 190,000 soldiers and resulted in over 53,000 casualties. The largest battle fought on the American continent up to that point. Buford is credited with choosing Gettysburg as the strategic point to engage the Confederates in battle that resulted in a defeat for Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army. Buford would die on December 16 1863 from the effects of typhoid. When president Abraham Lincoln learned of Buford’s dire condition he appointed Buford to the Rank of Major General for distinguished and meritorious Service at the battle of Gettysburg. Buford is shown here on his horse “Grey Eagle” a Kentucky thoroughbred that he rode through the war and wearing the pleated officer’s sack coat he was described as wearing during the campaign.

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The Wolverines

Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania East Cavalry Field July 3, 1863 Year Created 2013 Oil on Panel 36in x 24in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

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Leading the charge at the head of the 1st Michigan cavalry regiment of his all Michigan cavalry brigade, Brigadier General George A. Custer drew his sword and urged the Michiganders forward with the cry “Come on, you Wolverines!” to counter Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart’s Cavalry assault led by brigadier generals Fitzhugh Lee and Wade Hampton, as well as elements of John R. Chambliss. Custer is shown here, resplendent in his newly tailored uniform of black velveteen complete with gold trim, on his horse in the heat of the moment, followed just behind by Colonel Charles H. Town of the 1st Michigan Cavalry. This beautiful print is offered as our 150th Gettysburg anniversary limited edition commemorative release, complete with numbered certificate of authenticity featuring historical narrative by highly esteemed author and cavalry historian Eric J. Wittenberg.

35th Indiana Volunteers (1st Irish Regiment) Year Created 2011 Oil on Panel 16in x 20in Status: Available

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The 35th Indiana (1st Irish Regiment) was organized on December 11th 1861 as a three-year volunteer unit made up exculusively of Irishmen. In May of 1862 the 35th recieved recruits from the partially organized 61st indiana (to be called the 2nd Regiment) who had difficulty recruiting enough Irish to form a 2nd regiment. Many of these men from the 61st were issued the French inspired Chasseur uniform trimmed in green. Early in it’s enlistment the 35th Indiana was issued a destinctive green kepi manufactured by Banburgers as well as trousers trimmed with a green stripe on the outside seam to display their Irish heritage. After it’s initial training, the 35th Regiment would go on to see it’s first major action at the battles of Perryville Kentucky and Stones River Tennessee where they held a crucial position on the extreme left of the Union line and suffered severe casualties. The Irishmen would continue to be in the thick of the fight at almost every major battle in the Western theater including: Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Rignggold Gap, The Atlanta Campaign, Franklin and Nashville.

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Hood’s Texans

Battle of Gettysburg - July 2nd 1863 Year Created 2009 Oil on Canvas 48in x 32in Status: Private Collection

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This painting depicts Major General John Bell Hood in front of Jerome B. Robertson’s hard fighting Texas Brigade as they move forward in the assault of Little Round Top and Devil’s Den held by the extreme left flank of the Union Army of the Potomac. Hood’s Confederate division under Major General James Longstreet’s Corps moved forward screaming the Rebel yell and slammed into the Federals troops posted on the boulder-strewn eminences. The 1st Texas Infantry Regiment carried their Texas State banner (against Confederate Army regulations) into the battle along side their battle flag. The Texas flag was made from the wedding dress silk of the wife of Texas Senator Louis T. Wigfall (Original Colonel of the 1st Texas) and edged in black Crape to memorialize the men of the regiment who were lost in the Cornfield at the battle of Antietam Creek Maryland in September of 1862. Shortly after the assault stepped off, General Hood was grievously wounded in the left arm by an exploding Artillery shell. Although he would survive his would, Hood would loose the use of his arm. At Gettysburg the Texas Brigade once again cemented its reputation as one of hardest fighting and toughest organization of soldiers in Robert E. Lee’s Army.

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Iron Brigade Forward

Battle of Gettysburg - July 1st 1863 Year Created 2008 Oil on Canvas 48in x 32in Status: Private Collection

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During the opening infantry phase of the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, General John Fulton Reynolds; a native born Pennsylvanian in command of the Union Army of the Potomac’s “Left Wing” arrived on the field at about 10am on July 1st and after a brief parlay with Cavalry Brigadier General John Buford, oversaw the placement of the First infantry Corps and it’s artillery into a defensive line on the gentle ridges west of town. Reynolds, along with Buford, decided to chose Gettysburg as the place to make a stand against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia who were moving into the town in force along roads from the west and from the north. Reynolds placed the 2nd Brigade of Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth’s Division facing west with two regiments south of the Chambersburg Pike and three regiments north of the pike with Charles S. Wainwwight’s artillery battery in the center along the pike. After placing these units, Reynolds noticed Wadsworth’s 1st Brigade arriving on the scene in the fields in between Seminary Ridge and McPherson’s Ridge. As the 2nd, 6th, 7th Wisconsin, 24th Michigan and 19th Indiana Infantry Regiments of Solomon Meredith’s famed Western “Iron Brigade” came up, Reynolds, on horseback personally began placing the regiments into position leading the Wisconsin men into McPherson’s Woodlot in order to engage James J. Archer’s Confederate Brigade who were within the woods only yards away. As General Reynolds halted momentarily to turn and check on the progress of his other troops, he was struck in the back of the head by a bullet and died instantly. Reynolds, a rising star in the Union Army was the highest-ranking Federal officer to be felled during the three day battle.

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Charge of the 20th Maine

Battle of Gettysburg - July 2nd 1863 Year Created 2008 Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

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As fighting erupted around the Western slope of Little Round Top, a rocky boulder-strewn hill located at the left-most flank of the Union Army of the Potomac’s main line. The hill was occupied by regiments of Colonel Strong Vincent’s Brigade and became very heavily engaged with General John Bell Hood’s Texas and Alabama regiments attacking up the western slope of the hill. Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain’s 20th Maine and the 83rd Pennsylvania, occupying the left-most flank of Vincent’s line and within the cover of woods waited nervously for their turn to join the fight. That came when Evander M. Law’s Alabama Brigade moving between the saddle of the Big and Little Round Top appeared in front of the 20th Maine’s position on the lesser slope of Little Round Top. For hours the two regiments slugged it out among the wooded, boulder-strewn landscape. Chamberlain, being the last regiment in the brigade line began to run low on ammunition and decided to refuse his left-wing back at a right-angle to prevent from being taken from the flank. The battle became close and deadly with the opposing forces only yards apart, at times the fighting became a fierce hand-tohand melee as the 15th Alabama regiment under Colonel William C. Oates moved to flank the 20th Maine but were beaten back by the Mainers. Finally, as ammunition ran critically low and sensing the Confederate were nearly spent, the word came along the 20th Maine’s line to fix Bayonets. Chamberlain ordered the left flank of the regiment to sweep down the hill toward the enemy like a door. At the same moment, Colonel Oates; knowing his men were exhausted and wanting for water decided to retire just as the 20th Maine made their move down the slope of the Hill. Oates’ men were without canteens due to having to move-out to assault Little Round Top before a detail sent to replenish the water in the canteens returned. Oates’ men were spent to the extreme; they had marched over a mile of boulder-strewn ground in the July heat, climbed to the top of Round Top mountain and then engaged for almost two hours in some of the most savage combat imaginable. As the 20th Maine swept down the hill they captured many exhausted prisoners, one Confederate officer managed to fire his revolver at Chamberlain’s head at close range before surrendering his sword to Chamberlain.

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Almost Home

Battle of Franklin Tennessee November 30, 1864 Year Created 2005 Oil on Canvas 36in x 24in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

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This painting depicts the moment when Captain Tod Carter asks permission from Colonel William M. Shy to lead his former regiment, the 20th Tennessee Infantry forward in a massive infantry assault toward the Union Lines entrenched just South of Franklin Tennessee. Franklin was Tod’s home: he had not seen his family in three years while he was serving in the Confederate Army. By November of 1864, Tod Carter had been promoted from the ranks of the 20th to Adjutant in the Confederate Army of Tennessee commanded by Major General John Bell Hood. Major General John M. Schofield’s Federal infantry were entrenched just yards from Tod’s home (The Fountain Branch Carter House) along the Columbia Turnpike. Tod was granted permission and led the 20th Tennessee forward astride his dapple gray horse “Rosencrantz” admonishing the men with the cry of “Follow me Boys, I’m Almost Home!” When the Confederates got to within yards of the Union lines Tod was struck down and mortally wounded and left out on the field. By the next morning, both the Union and Confederate armies withdrew from the field towards Nashville and left behind an almost surreal landscape of carnage. When the Carter family emerged from their home on the morning of December 1st, Fountain Branch (Tod’s Father) and the family learned that their beloved son was among the fallen and set about looking for him on the field. It wasn’t too long before they discovered Tod laying among his fallen comrades, still clinging to life and brought him in and lay his shattered body in to the family parlor. Tod would only live for several more hours before and passed-on, surrounded by his family, on December 2nd 1864. Tod Carter’s story is just one of the countless unsung stories of bravery during the Civil War. Shown in this Painting are Tod Carter Astride his dapple grey horse “Rosencrantz”: Colonel William M. Shy Commanding the 20th Tennessee Regiment and Brigadier General Thomas Benton Smith.

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Gouverneur K. Warren

Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 2nd, 1863 Year Created 2009 Oil on Canvas 30in x 24in Status: Private Collection

Chief Topographical Engineer Gouvernour Kimble Warren along with Washington A. Roebling survey the situation from the summit of Little Round Top only moments before a massive Confederate assault on the Union Army position occupying Cemetary Ridge. When Warren found that only a handful of men from the Signal Corps occupied the hill, he immediately ordered Roebling to find the nearest brigade of soldiers to occupy and secure the otherwise empty hill. Colonel Strong Vincent of the V Corps quickly responded to Warren’s call and occupied the boulder strewn hill with four Federal regiments just moments before the arrival of Confederate forces.. Because of General Warren’s quick actions, the ensuing battle for Little Round Top would not only decided the fate of the Federal Army; but also became a defining chapter in the history of the battle of Gettysburg and the survival of the United States itself.

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The Boy Major

Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania (Benner’s Hill) July 2nd, 1863 Year Created 2007 Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in Status: Private Collection

19 Year old Joseph White Latimer was the youngest Major in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Having studied artillery tactics at the Virginia Military Institute under the tutelage of Thomas Jonathan Jackson; Latimer demonstrated outstanding leadership skills in the opening days of the Civil War. Latimer’s natural skill as an artillerist earned him the praise from his superiors and subordinates alike. During the Gettysburg Campaign Latimer was breveted to the rank of Major, commanding a battalion of 16 guns of Johnson’s Confederate Division. On July 2nd 1863 Latimer placed his cannons on a sloping rise of ground named Benner’s Hill . For over two hours, Latimer’s guns faced off against Union artillery stationed on Cemetery Hill and Steven’s Knoll. Latimer rode amongst his men shouting encouragement but was soon brought down by an artillery shell that killed his prized horse and wounded his right arm. Latimer was evacuated to a hospital where his arm was amputated. Latimer would die almost a month later from complications of the amputation. Latimer died only two weeks short of his 20th Birthday. One of his subordinates lamented “No heavier loss could have befallen the artillery of this Corps.”

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Thunder at Dawn

Battle of Sharpsburg Maryland September 17th, 1862 Year Created 2006 Oil on Canvas 36in x 24in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

This painting depicts Captain William W. Parker’s Virginia Artillery Battery on the morning of September 17th 1862 as the sun is beginning to rise on what would be known as the bloodiest single day in American military history. Part of Stephen D. Lee’s Artillery Battalion, Parker’s Battery was stationed on a area of high ground in front of the Dunker Church. As the Battle raged, Parker’s guns fired into the distant Cornfield owned by David R. Miller and North Woods beyond. Parker’s guns fired over the heads of Hood’s Texas Brigade as they deployed in preparation to assault Federal troops who were engaged with William E. Starke’s Louisiana Brigade along the Hagerstown Turnpike. The incessant shelling by Federal guns on this open position would forever give this place and the action that took place here the nickname “Artillery Hell.” Two days after the battle, the wreckage of this artillery battery was photographed by Alexander Gardner and James Gibson and has become one of the best-known photographs taken at Antietam.

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Rebel Colors

A Confederate color sergeant proudly displays his regimental banner in the mid-Fall afternoon sunlight during a brief respite on campaign. Being a member of the regimental Color Guard was not only the most perilous of all posts, it was considered by the solders of that unit to be the most glorious positions of honor. The flag was the symbol of the regiment and an emblem of pride to the soldiers who fought and died under it. Soldiers were habitually trained to follow the flag into battle and never allow it’s capture by the enemy. A Color Guard - made up of from 6 to 10 the regiment’s stoutest and steady men were charged with the defense of the flag and were not allowed to fire or use their weapons for any other purpose. They were to hold their arms at the shoulder unless the flag was threatened. The color Sergeant’s only duty was to carry the flag aloft and make sure it was seen not only by the men in his unit but, but by the enemy as well. If the color bearer was killed or wounded the next man in the color guard would pick up the flag and carry it onward. This act of heroism to keep the flag flying was repeated in countless instances on many a bloody battlefield throughout the Civil War.

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Moment of Triumph Chancellorsville Virginia May 3rd, 1863 Year Created 2004 Oil on Canvas 36in x 24in Status: Private Collection

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This painting depicts General Robert E. Lee at the highest point in his military career. On May 3rd 1863, just as the battle of Chancellorsville was nearing it’s conclusion and just one day after his most valuable Lieutenant General, Thomas J. Jackson was grievously wounded after achieving one of the most brilliant maneuvers in military history that resulted in a stunning and complete victory for Lee. Having completely dispatched with Union general Joseph Hooker’s Union Army, Lee along with his staff rode triumphantly through the clearing of the Chancellors mansion as troops of brigadier general Ambrose R. Wright broke into exhaled cheers. The Chancellorsville mansion, Hooker’s headquarters during the battle is shown burning in the background as Lee’s soldiers surround the stalwart general astride his horse “Traveller” and praise their hard-won victory.

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Charge of the Irish Brigade Year Created 2006 Oil on Canvas 24in x 30in Status: Available

This beautiful painting immortalizes the valor of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment of the hard fighting Irish Brigade, as they assault Marye’s Heights just outside the town of Fredericksburg Virginia. The 28th Massachusetts being the newcomers to the brigade was the only regiment to carry the green silk embroidered Irish flag with harp and cloud burst made by Tiffany and Company of New York City. The green flags of the New York regiments of the brigade had been sent home and were in the process of being replaced by new ones which had not yet arrived. The men of the Irish Brigade are shown in this gorgeous oil painting moving forward at right shoulder shift in the face of the most intense Confederate artillery and musket fire yet seen in war; caps adorned with green Virginia Boxwood shouting “Faugh-a-Ballagh!” which means “Clear the Way” in Gaelic.

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A Desperate Stand

This painting depicts the 147th New York Infantry of the Union Army of the Potomac’s First Corps, Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania holding the line against a Confederate onslaught coming from three directions. The 147th New York July 1st, 1863 Regiment hailed from Oswego, New York and has the credit of being the very first infantry regiment Year Created 2003 on the field on July 1st, 1863 as part of James S. Wadswoth’s 1st Division of the 1st Army Corps. Oil on Canvas The 147th went into position on McPherson’s Ridge just north of the unfinished railroad cut west 36in x 24in of Gettysburg along with two other regiments, the 76th New York and 56th Pennsylvania who took Status: City of Oswego New York position on their right. As the 56th Pennsylvania and the 76th New York became heavily engaged Collection with Confederate regiments from Mississippi and North Carolina under the command of Joseph R. Davis, they were forced to fall back, leaving the 147th behind. Pinned-down and without support, the “Plow Boys” laying prone in a wheatfield steadfastly held their position, and was forced to refuse their right-flank. When Colonel Francis C. Miller of the 147th received the order to fall back he was shot in the mouth just as he was about to give the order. He fell from his horse with his boot getting caught in the saddle and was dragged away by the frightened animal. The men of his regiment never heard the order to fall back and stayed in it’s position, fighting on until the situation became very desperate. The Confederates, having worked their way around the right flank of the 147th as well as with the New Yorker’s left-flank bordering the unfinished railroad cut: the 147th was in great danger of being surrounded and cut-off from the rest of their brigade. Finally an ade from General Wadsworth’s staff rode up and relayed the order for the 147th to fall back. The men were ordered to divest themselves of every piece of equipment except the musket and cartridge box. The order was given “in retreat Double-Quick-RUN” and the men of the 147th New York broke for the rear. Some men jumped into the railroad cut and others ran the gauntlet to get back to the main Union lines. Their Confederate foes were so close that camp axes were hurled at the New Yorkers as they fled. The 147th went on to fight during the remainder of the three-day battle on Culp’s Hill with no resupply of food rations. During their brief 1/2-hour encounter with the Confederates on July 1st, the 147th lost 207 of the 380 men present.

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Forward to the Foe

Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 2nd, 1863 Year Created 2005 Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in Status: Private Collection

July 2nd 1863 - As General John Bell Hood’s Division moved into action toward Devils Den and the Round Tops. General Laffayette McLaws Division on Hood’s left waited for their time to join the Frey. As they waited, Brigadier General William Barksdale paced like a caged lion waiting for his order to advance. When the order finally came, Barksdale, radiant with Joy, mounted his large charger and called “Attention Mississippians! Battalions forward! then turned his horse in the direction of the enemy and and urged the men of his all-Mississippi brigade forward; with hat off, in front of his old regiment, the 13th Mississippi Infantry. As they moved out Barksdale shouted “Dress on the colors and Forward tot he Foe!” Barksdale’s Mississippians swiftly closed the distance and struck the Apex of the Union lines positioned along the Emmitsburg Road and Peach Orchard salient with the ferocity of a tempest. The force of Basksdale’s assault collapsed and virtually destroyed the Union Defensive line and forced the blue line to fall back, which opened up a hole in the main Federal line. Although General Barksdale was mortally wounded in this assault and would later die of his wounds, his charge would go down in history as the “Grandest charge of the entire war.”

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Confederate Skirmish Line Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 3rd, 1863 Year Created 2003 Oil on Canvas 24in x 18in Status: Private Collection

A Confederate line of skirmishers approach the Emmitsburg Road ready do dispatch Union skirmishers who threaten to break up the advance of Pickettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s division on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. This stalwart Rebel soldier advances into the no mans land between the lines determined to drive off the enemy.

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Heart of Texas

Battle of Antietam Maryland September 17th, 1862 Year Created 1995 Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in Status: Private Collection

The First Texas Infantry Regiment of John Bell Hood’s Famed Texas Brigade fighting in the cornfield at the battle of Antietam. Mad as demons for having to leave the first real breakfast in days they were about to eat. The Texas Brigade, with the First Texas in the lead, slammed headlong into the Union lines and dispatched their foe with ferocity. The First Texans chased the fleeing Union Soldiers into David R. Millers Cornfield and soon found themselves caught in a three-way cross fire from fresh Union reinforcements. In minutes the first Texas lost 82% of it’s men in the fight, including thirteen color bearers and both of their regimental standards. It would be the highest loss of men in any fight of any Confederate regiment in the war.

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Now is the Pinch

Battle of Antietam Maryland September 17th, 1862 Year Created 1995 Oil on Canvas 48in x 36in Status: Private Collection

At dawn on the morning of September 17th 1862 the battle of Antietam raged as units of Brigadier General John Gibbon’s western Iron Brigade, made up of Wisconsin and Indiana Regiments emerged from the southern border of David R. Miller’s cornfield only to be met by a blistering volley of musketry from a heavy line of Confederate Infantry. As the Iron Brigade became engaged in a heavy firefight a supporting brigade under Colonel Walter Phelps, (Also known as the Iron Brigade of the East) made up of all New York regiments as well as the 2nd United States Sharpshooters. The red-trousered 14th New York State Militia (14th Brooklyn) regiment, dressed in their signature french-styled chasseur uniforms became intermingled with the 6th Wisconsin regiment and together both brigades executed a wheeling maneuver to engage the Confederate Louisiana brigade under William E. Starke. Colonel Rufus R. Daws of the 6th Wisconsin regiment described the incident as follows. “After moving forward the right received a deadly fire from the woods on the right and a long line of men in butternut and grey rose up from the ground. Simultaneously the hostile line opened up a terrible fire. Many fell. There was on the part of our men then intense, hysterical excitement, eagerness to go forward, reckless disregard of life, of suffering of everything but victory. The 14th Brooklyn Regiment, red legged Zouaves, came into my line on a run, closing the awful gaps. Now is the Pinch. Men and officers of New York and Wisconsin are fused together in a common mass in the frantic struggle to shoot fast. Everybody tears cartridges, loads, passes guns or shoots. Men are falling in their places or running back into the corn. The soldier who is shooting is furious in his energy and eagerness to win victory.” The New York and Wisconsin Iron Brigades inflicted a severe amount of damage to Starke’s brigade and Colonel Stark himself himself was mortally wounded in the engagement. It was not long until Confederate General John Bell Hood’s Texas brigade mounted a massive counter-attack which caused the Federal line to disintegrate and sent the Wisconsin men and New Yorkers falling back through the corn to the main Union Line near the Miller farm house. The battle of Antietam would continue to rage for several more hours before darkness would bring and end to what would forever after be known as the bloodiest single day of combat in American military history.

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The Vortex of Hell

2nd Battle of Manassas (2nd Bull Run) August 30, 1862 Year Created 2000 Oil on Canvas 40in x 30in Status: Private Collection

The 5th New York Duryee’s Zouaves are overwhelmed by the onslaught of Confederate General James Longstreet’s Assault. Mark Maritato’s painting captures those deadly moments at the Vortex of Hell. Captain Winslow oversees his embattled line, his horse soon to fall beneath him with seven wounds. Captain Wilbur Lewis, acting as field officer, is shot dead from the saddle of his horse “Black Jack,” while the Zouave ranks - Companies K and C in the foreground -- begin to disintegrate in a hail of bullets. The Color Guard, some of them armed with Sharps Rifles, cluster about their flags in a desperate attempt to protect their precious banners. Both Color Sergeants - Andrew Allison bearing the Stars and Stripes, and Francis Spelman with the Regimental flag were fatally wounded, as were seven of the eight men in the Color Guard. Longstreet’s juggernaut plowed ahead, and the Federal lines collapsed in carnage-strewn retreat across Young’s Branch and up the slopes of Chinn Ridge. But the torn and bloodstained banners were preserved from capture, as were the guns of Hazlett’s battery - saved by the New Yorker’s brief but valorous stand. The soldiers of the 5th New York paid a heavy price for their devotion. In less than ten minutes time 332 of approximately 525 Zouaves present were killed, wounded or captured. The losses included 85 killed outright, and another 34 who succumbed to their wounds - the greatest fatality of any Federal infantry regiment in a single battle during the entire War. This painting is a fitting tribute to that gallant and terrible event.

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Sergeant Ben Crippen

Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 1st 1863 Year Created 2003 Oil on Panel 30in x 24in Status: Private Collection

This painting depicts the young color sergeant of the 143rd Pennsylvania infantry (of Colonel Roy Stone’s Pennsylvania “Buck-tail” Brigade) in his last-act of defiance against attacking Confederate infantry. While bearing the national colors of his regiment as his unit was engaged in a desperate rear-guard action on the McPherson Farm: Sergeant Crippen lagged behind the main line of his unit, repeatedly turning to shake his fist at the oncoming Confederates before he was struck-down in a hail of bullets, killing Crippen instantly. Crippen’s conspicuous bravery was noted by high-ranking Union and Confederate officers alike. After the battle Confederate General A.P. Hill Himself witnessed this episode and later expressed much regret in his writings at the loss of this “Gallant Yankee”

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Drum Major of the 146th New York Infantry

The 146th New York Infantry was recruited in Oneida County New York during the late summer of 1862 by Colonel Kenner Garrard and were given the nickname the “5th Oneida Regiment.” The regiment first went to war wearing the standard issue blue uniform of the Federal Army and in June of 1863 were issued the Light blue and yellow trimmed Zouave uniform seen here. The 146th New York wore this uniform as they helped defend Little Round Top during the battle of Gettysburg and throughout the remainder of their service in the American Civil War. The 146th participated in the Battle of the Wilderness VA in May of 1864 where they took part in the bloody fighting in Saunders’ Field. This depiction was based off of the surviving uniform of Principal Musician W. Beriah Chandler who served with the 146th New York.

Year Created 2008 Oil on Canvas 16in x 20in Status: Private Collection

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2nd United States Sharpshooters

(Berdan’s Sharpshooters) Year Created 2006 Oil on Canvas 22in x 28in Status: Private Collection

Colonel Hiram Berdan’s 2nd United States Sharpshooters were well known for their deadeye accuracy as well as for their unique green uniform. In order to qualify to be in the Regiment, a perspective member had to get ten shots within a ten-inch circular area from a range of approximately two hundred yards. The uniform of the regiment was in the regulation U.S. Pattern, consisting of a dark Green Frock coat and Trousers. The Regiment used the model 1859 Sharps Rifle. A state of the art breach-loading rifle which vastly improved firepower. The 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters were heavily engaged in many battles on the army of the Potomac: including Antietam and Gettysburg.

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Men of Brooklyn

Battle of Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 1st, 1863 Year Created 2001 Oil on Canvas 36in x 24in Status: Private Collection

The legendary fighting 14th Brooklyn (14th New York State Militia or The RedLegged-Devils) charge toward the unfinished railroad cut west of Gettysburg Pennsylvania to aid in the capture of an entire Confederate Brigade. The 14th Brooklyn was one of only two Union regiments to have the distinction of participating in all three days of the battle.

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Iwo-Jima

Battle of Iwo Jima. February 19th 1945 Year Created 2006 Oil on Canvas 30in x 24in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

The US 5th Marine Amphibious Corps (Consisting of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions) pushed it’s way inland on the Pacific atoll of Iwo-Jima on the first of over 36 days of savage and sometimes hand to hand combat against Japanese defenders led by Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. Iwo Jima lay just 760 miles from Tokyo Japan and held three strategic airfields, which if taken, would put U.S. B-29 Bombers well within striking distance of the Japanese mainland. On February 23rd, 1945 the mount Suribachi was finally taken and a few Marines hoisted a small American flag on a length of long pipe used as a flagstaff. When this flag was raised Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal uttered, “…The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 Years.” A few hours later, another group of Marines raised a larger US flag that was taken off of LST 779. The raising of this larger flag was seen by many of the Marines below and a cheer broke out all along the

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island. The event was captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in a photograph that would come to be known as one of the most enduring images of World War Two and of the U.S. fighting spirit.

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Benevolent Comrade Year Created 2007 Oil on Canvas 24in x 30in Status: Private Collection

This painting honors the memory of Arthur M. Rittenberg, a U.S. Marine, helping a wounded comrade back to an aid station behind the lines at the battle of Iwo-Jima in 1945. The painting is based on a very well known and often mislabled photograph that was taken of Arthur while the battle was in progress and published in LIFE Magazine. I was very fortunate to know Arthur personally. Arthurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family commissioned this piece as a lasting tribute to his bravery and his undying passion for helping people. Arthur was an incredible man of very rare quality. He was always willing to spend whatever time it took, no matter how busy he was to be a mentor. Arthur was also deeply passionate about coaching little league baseball and has recently had the baseball field where he coached at for nearly 30 years named in his honor. Arthur led an incredible life and will be deeply missed by all who were touched by him.

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106th Infantry Regiment 1918 Year Created 2008 Oil on Canvas 24in x 30in Status: Available

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This painting shows an infantryman of the 106th Infantry Regiment. The 106th Infantry Regiment, formerly the 23rd New York Infantry Regiment was a New York State National Guard Regiment that saw action in the Civil War, the Mexican Border dispute of 1916 and World War I. For service in WWI, the 23rd New York Infantry officially became the 106th Infantry and was strengthened by reinforcements drawn from the 14th Infantry. The 106th was attached to the 53rd Brigade, along with the 105th Infantry Regiment. The 106th shipped to Europe in May of 1918 and was initially placed in the East Poperinghe Line with the rest of the 27th Division.On July 25th 1918 the 27th division was slowly rotated into the front line in relief of the British 6th Division. On August 31st 1918, operations of the Ypres-Lys Offensive began in an attempt to remove the Germans from the Dickebusch/ Scherpenberg area. The 106th participated in the reconnaissance that opened the offensive. On September 3rd 1918 the Germans withdrew from the area, marking the successful completion of the Ypres-Lys Offensive. From September 24th to October 21st 1918 the 106th participated with the rest of the 27th Division in the Somme Offensive, which was a successful attempt to break the Germanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hindenburg defensive line. On October 21st 1918 the entire division was relieved. By March 19th 1919 the division had returned in full to the states where it was quickly mustered out. During its service in World War I, the 106th sustained 1,955 casualties including 1,496 wounded, 376 killed, and 83 who later died of their wounds.

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The Marine

Year Created 2010 Oil on Panel 16in x 20in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

A Soldier of the U.S. Marine Corps of World War Two during the battle of Okinawa; one of the last and arguably one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific Theater in terms of the brutal nature of the fighting. The battle of Okinawa lasted 82 days from April - June of 1945. It gave the Americans a small preview to just how difficult a planned invasion of the Japanese mainland would be. The hard-fighting Marines of the 1st 5th and 6th Marine Divisions landed on April 1st 1945 along with Army Amphibious infantry units on the Northern end of the Island and swept South meeting ever fiercer resistance from the dug-in Japanese soldiers as they moved South. The battle of Okinawa would result in over 62,000 American casualties.

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The Hedgerows

Normandy France - 1944 Year Created 2010 Oil on Panel 16in x 12in Status: Available Patrons interested in purchasing the original oil painting may contact us online at WWW.MARITATO.COM

On June 6th 1944 the American and Allied Expeditionary Force landed on the beaches of Normandy France proceeded by a massive Naval bombardment and landings by U.S. and British Airborne troops. As the American infantry fought it’s way inland from the beachheads they encountered a formidable and almost impenetrable obstacle. The farm lands and property lots which made up the vast majority of the immediate French countryside were overgrown with large hedges growing over old stone walls and old growth foliage. Known as the “Bocage” or “Hedgerows” much of this foliage had been growing there undisturbed for many decades and offered the German forces a readymade maze of cover that can be easily defended.The hedgerows bordered open blocks of pastures that effectively concealed the enemy. The Americans soon realized that fighting through the hedgerows country will prove to be a difficult task. The Germans could cover an entire farm lot with one or two machine gun and mortar positions catching allied forces and tanks in a deadly cross-fire. The Americans Ingeniously devised a method of welding large makeshift Iron rakes made from the German “Hedgehog” obstacles from the beaches to the fronts of their M1 tanks which enabled the Americans to smash through the hedges and attack the Germans directly.

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President Abraham Lincoln Year Created 2008 Oil on Canvas 18” x 24” Status: Available

A classic portriat of the 16th President of the United States who lead the country through one of the nation’s darkest periods during four years of Civil War.

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Retreat Through Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1st 1863 Year Created 20002 Oil on Canvas 30” x 24” Status: Private Collection

The overwhelming Confederate assault on the afternoon of July 1st 1863 forces the Union Army to give up their fight in the rolling farmland to the north and west of town. Units of the 1st and 11th Corps stumble their way through town and are forced to find their way as best they could to their rallying point on Cemetery Hill which was located Just to the south of Gettysburg. Depicted in this painting is Gettysburg’s town square at the height of the retreat.

147th New York Infantry 1862 Year Created 2006 Mixed Media on Board 15” x 20” Status: Private Collection

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95th Pennsylvania Infantry

Gosline’s Zouaves 1861-1862 Year Created 2006 Mixed Media on Board 18” x 24” Status: Private Collection

1st Texas Soldier 1862 (Antietam Campaign) Year Created 2007 Oil on Canvas 8” x 10” Status: Private Collection

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Soldier of the 14th North Carolina Infantry Year Created 2007 Mixed Media & Watercolor 11” x 14” Status: Private Collection

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12th New York State Militia 1861 Year Created 2006 Oil on Canvas 9” x 12” Status: Private Collection

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54th Massachusetts Oil on Linen Canvas 18” x 24” Private Collection Year Created 2004

Two Soldiers of the 14th Brooklyn

Year Created 2006 Gouache /Mixed Media on Board 15” x 20” Status: Private Collection

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15th Pennsylvania Cavalry

Anderson Troop Year Created 2005 Mixed Media on Board 15” x 20” Status: Private Collection