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Andy Thomas, oil on linen

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:6,000.00 USD Estimated At:30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD
Andy Thomas, oil on linen
SOLD
19,000.00USDto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2024 Mar 16 @ 11:21UTC-6 : CST/MDT
Andy Thomas (b. 1957)
Dragoons in Apache Country
24" x 36" oil on linen
Signed lower right
$30,000-50,000

In the Spring of 1854, Lt. John Davidson led sixty Dragoons of the U.S. Army into Jicarilla Apache territory. He recklessly ordered an assault on a village and the Jicarilla responded fiercely. Eventually, the Dragoons were pinned down, taking a heavy barrage of arrows, and were in danger of running out of ammunition.
In order to save his command, Davidson ordered his men to mount and a hasty retreat ensued. Twenty-two troopers were killed. Nearly every surviving soldier was wounded.