Grant and His Generals (520 Pieces) by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle O Lantern with a green tree

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Grant and His Generals (520 Pieces) by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle O Lantern with a green treeThe Norwegian artist Ole Peter Hansen Balling painted this image of Grant and His Generals in Autumn 1864 as the Civil War moved into its final stages. This is the smaller version of the painting as the final version ended up being almost life sized. The painting was used to raise funds to provide aid to sick and wounded soldiers. To obtain likenesses of the twenty seven figures in the picture, Balling traveled to Union army encampments. Both