Painting by Conrad Wise Chapman was an American painter. He was born in Washington, DC, on February 14, 1842, and died in Hampton, Virginia on December 10, 1910. In 1861 enlisted in Company D, 3rd Kentucky Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at Shiloh along with seeing action in Mississippi and Louisiana, before a transfer to the 46th Virginia Infantry at the request of his father to Henry Alexander Wise. Over the next 10 months, he also served with the 59th Virginia Infantry, known as the Wise Legion or Wise Brigade, with both the 46th and 59th at Chaffin's Farm on the James River in Henrico County. Chapman was granted furlough in April 1864 and left for Rome, Italy to visit his family. It is there that he painted 25 works—with five also done by his father—from sketches he made in Charleston. This is one of those paintings.