Theodore R. Davis

Davis' drawing of the Battle of Champion Hill.

Theodore R. Davis (1840–1894) was a 19th-century American artist, who made numerous drawings of significant military and political events during the American Civil War and its aftermath.

During the Civil War, he served as a captain in the 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he became a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Some of these drawings include the Battle of Champion Hill, and the most significant sketch of General Joseph E. Johnston and General William T. Sherman meeting at the Bennett Farm near Durham Station to discuss the surrender terms of the remaining Confederate armies in the Southeast.

After the war when the Cyclorama in Atlanta was being painted, Davis was asked for his ideas having traveled with Sherman's army. He was later added to the painting.

Many of his drawings were published as wood engravings in Harper's Weekly.

Selection of wood engravings from Harper's Weekly

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  Attack on the Enemy's Centre, Near Marietta, Georgia, 1864

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  Charge of Weaver's Brigade Across the Salkehatchie, 1865

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  Pictures of the South --Barbecue at Augusta, Georgia, 1866

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  Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Trial in the Senate, 1868

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