By David A. Carrino, Roundtable Historian
The Cleveland Civil War Roundtable
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Editor’s note: This article was the history brief for the October 2013 meeting of the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable.
If at first you don’t succeed, find a career in something that you’re good at. This rewording of the old aphorism applies to the person who did the painting that is often called Whistler’s Mother, namely James Whistler. Before he became the painter who is familiar to many, Whistler tried his hand at the art of warfare. Had he been successful at this, he very likely could have been someone who was part of the Civil War. But Whistler failed with the sword and instead made his mark in history with a paintbrush.
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