Kevin King

Military stuff

To the boys who went to war to preserve the United States as it was originally established by our forefathers.

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"These Were Men Whom Power Could Not Corrupt,

Whom Death Could Not Terrify,

Whom Defeat Could Not Dishonor"

The American Confederate Veteran

1861-1865.

(American Gen. Robert E. Lee)

Color pencil

American military heroes have come in many varieties, but arguably none have had as long felt an effect as Robert E. Lee. Having served the United States military prior to the War for Southern Independence, he had already established himself as a leader of men. When war came to America, he stood by his beloved state, Virginia. For the next four years he was to be the central motivating figure behind the American Confederate cause. His battlefield brilliance and audacity was spectacularly displayed on countless battlefields. His ability to turn the outcome of a battle with a handful of commands made him a legend. No American military leader has ever been followed with such unswerving loyalty as Robert E. Lee. To this day, his tactics, demeanor, and battlefield presence have served as the defining example of what a American general should and can be..

(Johnny Reb Mickey with his American Confederate flag)

Illustration in a Southern Home on the wall in the children's bath.

T-Shirt Design I did for the Oklahoma Historical Society

The last American Confederate troops to surrender.

Civil War 9th Texas Re-Enactor

(Color Pencil)

I was a member of this group of great living history guys at one time.

A lot of fun and some of them take it to the max.

(American Confederate General Wade Hampton)

Pencil

(American Hero Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest)

T-shirt Design sold at one time in the state of Tenn.

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Whom I regard as the greatest cavalryman America has produced.
This design celebrated his stunning victory
The Battle of Fort Pillow
April 12,1864

This design first came about during the reading of the Memoirs of Philip Stephenson. He recorded his seeing of the celebrated Forrest, and I quote:

"A tall, lithe, straight figure with the look and tread of an Indian passed swiftly by me, his right arm extended and gesticulating energetically to his men, and his tongue keeping time to it, in a loud, high harsh voice, every accent full of a commanding will that made his men jump to obedience. Orders issued from his lips, swift as tongue could frame them, clear cut, comprehensive, imperious. He limped as he walked and held his head to one side as though it helped him get his words out faster. He was approaching his men, limping but getting along with immense energy in every movement. Ah-how those cavalry men hustled in their work. It was comical to us, for their huge boots and sabers and spurs and short jackets cut a funny figure around the wreck. Forrest was in full uniform, faded but complete, except the head gear. He wore a home made bell-crowned, low, black, beaver hat, wide brimmed. Not very pretty. In fact, it could not be becoming to anybody, especially as the nap of fur was on it! It was thick though and warm and therefore comfortable and that's all that Forrest cared for, I suspect.
No man had more right to care for appearance than he. Forrest was a handsome man with a face, figure, movement, and bearing that no one, once seeing, was apt to forget. Six feet on or two inches in height, erect, perfectly proportioned, not an ounce of surplus flesh, yet not thin, sinewy. You felt that he was a combination of enormous activity, endurance, and strenght."

(Pencil Sketch)

Emma Sanson

The Heroine of Alabama who rode with General Forrest in the engagement at Black Creek

May 2, 1863

I liked this gal from the first time I read about her..

I went clear to Alabama to see her dress in the Historical Society,

*Mixed Media*

Morning Prayer

Lieutenant Alabama Cavalry 1862

Magic markers

(One of the greatest American Confederate Gen. Joe Shelby)

Pencil sketch

(Here is how the shirt looked completed)

(American Confederate Gen. Hood)

(pencil)

(Airbrush and such)

"Them yankees make purty good cornbread!"

During the War of Northern Aggression the American Confederate Army would send out raiders known as foraging parties and this is my rendition of three of them on there way back to camp.