Julian Scott

Infobox Military Person
name=Julian A. Scott
born= Birth date|1846|2|14
died= Death date and age|1901|7|4|1846|2|14


caption=
nickname=
placeofbirth=Johnson, Vermont
placeofdeath=Plainfield, New Jersey
placeofburial=Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
allegiance= United States of America Union
branch= United States Army Union Army
serviceyears=
rank= Drummer
unit= 3rd Vermont Infantry
commands=
battles=American Civil War *Battle of Lee's Mills
awards=Medal of Honor
relations=
laterwork=

Julian A. Scott (February 14, 1846 – July 4, 1901) was born in Johnson, Vermont and was a Union Army drummer during the American Civil War who 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 a Civil War artist.

Biography

Scott received his youthful 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, was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing wounded 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 In 1890, and is significant for its absence of glorification of war and instead shows the suffering and human sacrifice associated with war making. 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. [findagrave|2949 Retrieved on 2007-11-08]

Notable paintings

*"Rear-Guard at White Oak Swamp" (1869-1870);
*"Battle of Golding's Farm" (1871);
*"Battle of Cedar Creek" (1871-1872);
*"The Recall" (1872);
*"On Board the "Hartford" (1874);
*"Old Records" (1875);
*"Duel of Burr and Hamilton" (1876);
*"Reserves awaiting Orders" (1877);
*"In the Cornfield at Antietam " (1879);
*"Charge at Petersburg" (1882);
*"The War is Over" (1885);
*"The Blue and the Gray" (1886).

Medal of Honor citation

Rank and Organization::Drummer, Company E, 3d Vermont Infantry. Place and date. At Lees Mills, Va., 16 April 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.cite web
publisher = AmericanCivilWar.com
title = "Civil War Medal of Honor Citations" (S-Z): Scott, Julian A.
date =
url = http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor8.html
accessdate = 2007-11-09] cite web
publisher = army.mil
title = "Medal of Honor website” (M-Z): Scott, Julian A.
date =
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/civwarmz.html
accessdate = 2007-11-09]

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*

Notes

References

*cite web
accessdate=2007-12-05
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/civwarmz.html
title = Julian Scott, Medal of Honor recipient
work = American Civil War (M-Z)
publisher Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007
* [http://saralovering.com/gallery/2004/09/large_painting.php Photographs of the painting "Battle of Cedar Creek" at the Vermont State House by Sara Lovering]
* [http://townofjohnson.com/history/Johnson/beards/scott_artist.htm Several paintings]

Persondata
NAME= Scott, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH= February 14, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH= Johnson, Vermont
DATE OF DEATH= July 4, 1901
PLACE OF DEATH= Plainfield, New Jersey