Below are pictured virtually every existing sculpture that John Rogers published in plaster, including variations. Variations were particular groups where, for either aesthetic or structural reasons, Rogers decided to make a change to the original composition of the statue and from that time forward only sold casting of the "new and improved" version. An example would be the three variations of "Council of War" in which the position of Stanton’s hands have been changed.
There are a few pieces that Rogers is known to have published, such as "The Farmer’s Home" for which no copy has been located and for which no photograph was available. If examples of these pieces are ever discovered, they will be added to the gallery below.
The group represents a Union scout who was wounded while on duty in the Southern states. He has been shot through the arm and is weak and faint from the loss of blood, but an escaped slave is conducting him to his home in the swamp. Such occurrences were frequent during the war. Rogers wrote that the snake about to strike the slave was a "copperhead," a double entendre relating to Northerners sympathizing with the Southern cause.
Height: 23"Date: June 28, 1864