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Wounded to the Rear, One More Shot

Media - 1882.1.6 - SAAM-1882.1.6_1 - 62127

Media - 1882.1.6 - SAAM-1882.1.6_2 - 62128

Copied John Rogers, Wounded to the Rear, One More Shot, patented 1865, painted plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of John Rogers and Son, 1882.1.6

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Artwork Details

Title: Wounded to the Rear, One More Shot
Artist: John Rogers
Date: patented 1865
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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2nd Floor
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East Wing
Dimensions: 20 ⁷⁄₈ x 10 ⁷⁄₈ x 9 ¹⁄₂ in. (53.0 x 27.6 x 24.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of John Rogers and Son
Mediums: paint
plaster
Mediums Description: painted plaster
Classifications: Sculpture
Keywords: History — United States — Civil War
Figure group — male
State of being — illness — wound
Object Number: 1882.1.6
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1882.1.6

Artwork Description

Wounded to the Rear, One More Shot was the most successful of John Rogers’s Civil War groups, which continued to sell long after the war ended. General Joseph R. Hawley, who received a plaster copy in 1868, commented that “nothing relating to the war in painting or sculpture surpasses One Shot More.” It depicts two injured Union soldiers, one of whom is preparing to fire a final shot at the enemy.