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Edwin Forbes
Edwin Forbes

Edwin Forbes

American, 1839 – 1895
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Edwin Austin Forbes was an American landscape painter and etcher who first gained fame during the American Civil War for his detailed and dramatic sketches of military subjects, including battlefield combat scenes.

Forbes was born in New York, studied under Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, and began as an animal and landscape painter. During the Civil War, he was special artist for Frank Leslie's Magazine. Many of the spirited etchings he drew during the conflict were later presented by General Sherman to the government. They are now preserved in the War Office at Washington because of their historic value.

After the war, Forbes painted landscape and cattle scenes, among which are "Orange County Pasture" (1879) and "Evening—Sheep Pasture" (1881). In 1877 he was made an honorary member of the London Etching Club.

He died in 1895 in Brooklyn and is interred in Green-Wood Cemetery.

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Execution of five deserters from the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1st Division, 5th Corps, before the entire 5th Corps, Beverly Ford, Va.

Execution of five deserters from the 118th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1st Division, 5th Corps, before the entire 5th Corps, Beverly Ford, Va. (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Fall in for soup – company mess

Fall in for soup – company mess (1861-1876)

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Farm house used as a hospital by the rebels

Farm house used as a hospital by the rebels

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Field hospital (second corps) on the battlefield of Chancellorsville

Field hospital (second corps) on the battlefield of Chancellorsville (1863)

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Field hospital of the 5th Corps (Genl. Warren) at Spotsylvania Court House, Va.

Field hospital of the 5th Corps (Genl. Warren) at Spotsylvania Court House, Va. (1864)

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Fireplace in Negro hut

Fireplace in Negro hut (1864)

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Foraging for hay outside of the lines in Virginia

Foraging for hay outside of the lines in Virginia (1862)

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Fording a river

Fording a river (1861-1876)

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Fredericksburg Court House now occupied by our troops as a barracks and by the signal corps

Fredericksburg Court House now occupied by our troops as a barracks and by the signal corps (1862)

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Front Royal Va.–The Union Army under Banks entering the town

Front Royal Va.–The Union Army under Banks entering the town (1862)

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Gen. Burnside’s Corp marching over the pontoon bridge into Virginia, at the town of Berlin on Thursday, Oct. 27, 1862

Gen. Burnside’s Corp marching over the pontoon bridge into Virginia, at the town of Berlin on Thursday, Oct. 27, 1862 (1862)

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Gen. Hooker’s headquarters at the Chancellorsville house

Gen. Hooker’s headquarters at the Chancellorsville house (1863)

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General U.S. Grant’s war horse

General U.S. Grant’s war horse (1869)

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General view of the fortifications of Manassas Junction

General view of the fortifications of Manassas Junction (1862)

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Genl. Fremonts Headquarters, Mt. Jackson, Va.–Pursuit of Stonewall Jackson

Genl. Fremonts Headquarters, Mt. Jackson, Va.–Pursuit of Stonewall Jackson (1862)

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Genl. Geo. B. McClellan passing through Frederick City Myd. at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Pursuit of Genl. Lee

Genl. Geo. B. McClellan passing through Frederick City Myd. at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Pursuit of Genl. Lee (1862)

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Genl. U.S. Grant at Wilderness

Genl. U.S. Grant at Wilderness (1864)

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Going into action

Going into action (1861-1876)

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Going into bivouac at night

Going into bivouac at night (1861-1876)

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Going to the commissary’s

Going to the commissary’s (1863)

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‘Gone off with the Yanks’

‘Gone off with the Yanks’

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Grand review of Gen. N.P. Banks’s Corps at Little Washington, Va.

Grand review of Gen. N.P. Banks’s Corps at Little Washington, Va. (1863)

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Guarding the prisoners. Petersburg, June 30, 1864

Guarding the prisoners. Petersburg, June 30, 1864 (1864)

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Gum Spring, Va.

Gum Spring, Va. (1863)

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Harry, the innocent contraband

Harry, the innocent contraband (1863)

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Headquarters of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, during the battle of the 1st Bull Run

Headquarters of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston, during the battle of the 1st Bull Run (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Headquarters of Gen. Smith near Manassas

Headquarters of Gen. Smith near Manassas (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Home, sweet home. A scene in winter camp

Home, sweet home. A scene in winter camp (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Horse drawn artillery

Horse drawn artillery (1862-1864)

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In search of freedom

In search of freedom (1863)

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