A sculpture, titled Brothers, depicting a poignant battlefield reunion of brothers fighting for opposing sides in the Civil War is on display Tuesday in the Virginia Capitol in Richmond. The 900-pound bronze by Pennsylvania sculptor Gary Casteel was put into place Monday in the atrium of the Capitol's four-year-old underground extension. It depicts sibling Union and Confederate soldiers, each on one knee, tearfully embracing after battle, their rifles on the ground at their sides. / The Associated Press
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RICHMOND — A sculpture depicting a poignant battlefield reunion of brothers fighting for opposing sides in the Civil War opens in the Virginia Capitol just in time for the sesquicentennial of the Confederate Congress convening in Richmond.
"Brothers," a 900-pound bronze by Pennsylvania sculptor Gary Casteel, was put into place Monday in the atrium of the Capitol's 4-year-old underground extension.
It depicts sibling Union and Confederate soldiers, each on one knee, tearfully embracing after battle, their rifles on the ground at their sides.
The rebel soldier's shoes are torn open, his toes visible, and his simple bedroll slung over one shoulder contrasts with the well-provisioned knapsack of his better-equipped Union brother. The Union soldier wears a bandage around his head that covers his right eye.
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