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Morgan's Raiders by Daniel Boza
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Morgan's Raiders
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography

Morgan's Raiders

Artist
Year1936
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions6'10" x 9'2"
Credits Treasury Relief Art Project, 1935 - 1938
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Morgan's Raiders was commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project.  Initially installed in the Old Post Office, the mural was relocated when the Post Office was torn down in 1968.  The scene depicts a group of lean, gaunt, and hard riding Southern cavalry men, under the command of John Hunt Morgan (1825-1864), going over the spoils from a recent foray into the North. Morgan was famous for his swift cavalry raids.