Thanksgiving Day in the Army – After Dinner: The Wish-Bone – Drawn by Winslow Homer (Harper's Weekly, Vol. VIII), December 3, 1864, Wood engraving, image: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (23.5 x 35.2 cm), Prints, Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836–1910 Prouts Neck, Maine), Homer’s image of Union soldiers breaking a wishbone in camp after a Thanksgiving meal in 1864 conveys the hope that the Civil War might be drawing to a close. Indeed, within four months the Confederate capital of Richmond would fall and General Robert?E
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Thanksgiving Day, Army, Dinner, Wish-Bone, Drawn, Winslow Homer, Harper, Weekly, Vol, VIII, December 3, 1864, Wood engraving, image, 9 1/4 x 13 7/8, 23.5 35.2 cm, Prints, American, Boston, Massachusetts, 1836–1910, Prouts Neck, Maine, Homer, Union soldiers, breaking, wishbone, camp, meal, 1864 conveys, hope, Civil War, might, drawing, close, Indeed, within four, months, Confederate capital, Richmond, fall, General Robert?E
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