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CROSSING ON THE DIRTY DEVIL
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Original 30"x 40" Acrylic/Canvas Painting
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Historical Background:
In the years following the Civil War, migration into the West, beginning in the 1840s,
flowed on in ever larger waves. The American Indian Tribes attempted to block this invasion.
Thus Congress found the need to add additional cavalry regiments to augment its forces in
the West. The 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were organized of African Americans, many
of whom had formerly been slaves. They became the rank and file of the regiments up
through the rank of Sergeant Major, commissioned officers being white. These very brave,
hardy, reliable horse soldiers received the nickname buffalo soldiers, a term of
respect earned from the Indians they fought.
This painting depicts 10th Cavalry ˇ§buffalo soldiersˇ¨ serving escort duty in
1875 in the Southwestern region of the Old West. This assignment was often a mundane
chore disliked by most soldiers, but highly essential in ensuring traveler safety through
Indian country.
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CANVAS Art Prints
Signed by the Artist
(24" x 32") |
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Open Edition, Shipped Rolled Tube |
$175.00 |
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Open Edition, Shipped Studio Stretched |
$230.00 |
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(18" x 24") |
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Open Edition, Shipped Rolled Tube |
$105.00 |
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Open Edition, Shipped Studio Stretched |
$135.00 |
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*Please note*: Artist Frank Thomas' studio lithographic art print sales are discontinued from 10 March
2007 until 1 October of 2008. He and his wife are serving for eighteen months in the Ohio-Cleveland
Mission, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), at the Kirtland Historic Sites,
Kirtland, Ohio. He has set up his art studio and is producing additional LDS historical paintings at
that location. Rolled canvas art prints (only) are available and may be purchased by calling Frank at
(435) 406-9526 or contact by email wildgoose@crystalpeaks.com.

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Artist Frank Thomas (Army Lieutenant Colonel, retired) used as models two
of the soldiers and friends he served with in Vietnam, in 1967. Captain James
Tate (Thomas's former field artillery commanding officer, now Army Lieutenant
Colonel, retired) is painted on the lead horse as a Sergeant, and 1st Lieutenant
Melvin Lodge (a fellow Army officer, now retired high school principal) is
the Corporal on the second horse.
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