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Battle of Chattanooga
Battle of Lookout Mountain
Battle of Franklin
Battle of Bull Run
Mount Vesuvius at Midnight
In late 1867, Albert Bierstadt was in London when he learned of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and immediately set out for Italy to paint the volcano in action. Bierstadt saw Vesuvius erupt in January of 1868, and the resulting painting—Mount Vesuvius at Midnight—was exhibited in London by June, and in Boston and New York […]