United States Army Medal of Honor recipient (1846?1901)
Julian A. Scott
(February 14, 1846 – July 4, 1901), was born in
Johnson, Vermont
, and served as a
Union Army
drummer during the
American Civil War
, where he received America's highest military decoration the
Medal of Honor
for his actions at the
Battle of Lee's Mills
. He was also an
American
painter and
Civil War
artist.
Family
[
edit
]
Julian Scott was the fourth child, of eight, born to Charles Scott (born 1815), a clockmaker, and his wife Lucy Kellum (1821 - 26 April 1855). Julian's siblings were Cleora (born 1841), Lucian (1843 - 19 July 1894), Alice (1844 ? 1846), Julia (born 1847), Charlie (born 1849), H. Percy (born 1851) and George (26 April 1855 - 27 December 1863). Lucy Scott died in childbirth and Charles Scott remarried, in 1860, to Susan Pollard.
During the
American Civil War
, Julian's elder brother, Lucian, served with the 4th Regiment of the U.S. Artillery, was wounded at the
Battle of Ball's Bluff
, was taken prisoner in December 1864, and almost died at
Libby Prison
of starvation. Julian's younger brother, Charlie, enlisted at age 13 and became a bugler. After the war, Charlie moved to Missouri, then to Boston, where he became a physician. His brother, Percy, became an attorney in Illinois.
Scott married and had one daughter but, later, he and his wife separated.
Biography
[
edit
]
Scott received his early education at the
Lamoille
Academy, known today as
Johnson State College
where the main gallery is named in his memory. Scott continued his studies, graduating from the
National Academy of Design
in
New York
and subsequently studied under
Emmanuel Leutze
until 1868. During the Civil War, Scott enlisted in the
3rd Vermont Infantry
on June 1, 1861, at the age of 15 as a
fifer
and, in February 1865, received the
Medal of Honor
for rescuing wounded soldiers while under enemy fire during the
Battle at Lee's Mills
,
Virginia
.
When the war was over, he traveled to
Paris
and
Stuttgart
to continue his education. Scott's 1872 masterwork, the
Battle of Cedar Creek
, is located at the
Vermont State House
. The painting illustrates the contributions of his home state of Vermont in the American Civil War and is significant for its absence of glorification of war and instead shows the suffering and human sacrifice associated with war. Scott traveled west as part of a
census
party, painting
Native Americans
in
New Mexico
,
Arizona
, and
Oklahoma
. Many of his works from this expedition now hang in the
University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Art.
Scott was interred in
Hillside Cemetery
located in
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
.
[1]
Notable paintings
[
edit
]
Gallery
[
edit
]
Medal of Honor citation
[
edit
]
Rank and Organization:
- Drummer, Company E, 3d Vermont Infantry. Place and date. At Lees Mills, Va., April 16, 1862. Entered service at. Johnson, Vt. Birth: Johnson, Vt. Date of issue: February 1865.
Citation:
- Crossed the creek under a terrific fire of musketry several times to assist in bringing off the wounded.
[2]
[3]
See also
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
Further reading
[
edit
]
- Titterton, Robert J. (1997).
Julian Scott: artist of the Civil War and native America: with 97 illustrations
. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co.
External sources
[
edit
]
- "Julian Scott, Medal of Honor recipient"
.
Medal of Honor citations
.
United States Army Center of Military History
. June 8, 2009. Archived from
the original
on February 23, 2009
. Retrieved
December 5,
2007
.
- "Photographs of the painting "Battle of Cedar Creek" at the Vermont State House by Sara Lovering"
. Archived from
the original
on July 16, 2011
. Retrieved
September 29,
2010
.
- "Several paintings"
. Archived from
the original
on August 28, 2008
. Retrieved
September 29,
2010
.
- Native paths: American Indian art from the collection of Charles and Valerie Diker
, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Julian Scott (cat. no. 1-3)
|
---|
International
| |
---|
National
| |
---|
Artists
| |
---|
Other
| |
---|