These prints were commissioned by the NPS for the new wayside exhibits planned for current and new land that will be turned over to the Fort Donelson National Park sometime in the future (all the land currently being held by the CWPT).

All of them are currently hung at the Visitor's Center at Fort Donelson.

I believe the park has the rights to them and can have them in any format. Their park book store is managed by Eastern National and I have heard them talk of possibly making them into postcards ( A pitiful idea ). These are wonderfully painted pieces and to demote them to a postcard would be a travesty.

So, I have been lobbying for the park to have one or two paintings made into prints and release one or two of them a year with about 700 being made.

I think if we all contacted the park to voice our support in having these wonderful works of art made available without paying the $45,570.00 price tag.

The only paintings currently available and are being done by various artists are of Forrest Leaving Fort Donelson, which has been greatly overdone. In fact, there was a new one released by John Paul Strain just this Feb 16th called 'Escape From Fort Donelson'. There is so much more to tell of this battle besides Forrest's Escape.

John Walsh