Cyclorama painting valued at $6.5M donated to Civil War center
A “cyclorama” painting depicting Pickett’s charge at the Battle of Gettysburg that was appraised at $6.5 million has been donated to the foundation trying to secure funding to build a Civil War history center in Fayetteville.The foundation trying to develop the North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center has agreed to pay $250,000 for the painting to the latest owners, Billy Ray Powell of Fuquay-Varina and two other collectors. In 2007, they purchased it […]
