A landscape inspired by the American Civil War. Three Union soldiers have crested a hill. Before them‚ a plain stretches out‚ but the horizon is fragmented‚ sections of earth floating into the sky‚ pieces of the sky visible through the earth. This is a metaphor for the breaking apart of the Union.
The brushwork of the clouds and earth is bold and flowing‚ and contrasts with the clean lines and angles of the fragmentation.