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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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Retreat of the Army of the Rappahannock, commanded by Genl. Pope through the town of Centreville. After the battle of second Bull Run

Retreat of the Army of the Rappahannock, commanded by Genl. Pope through the town of Centreville. After the battle of second Bull Run (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Returning from outpost duty

Returning from outpost duty (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Review of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Gen. Joe E. Hooker, by President Abraham Lincoln

Review of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Gen. Joe E. Hooker, by President Abraham Lincoln (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Ricketts division, (6th Corps), Cold Harbor

Ricketts division, (6th Corps), Cold Harbor (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Ruins of the Acquia Creek and Fredericksburg R.R. bridge, over Potomac Creek

Ruins of the Acquia Creek and Fredericksburg R.R. bridge, over Potomac Creek (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Ruins of the Orange and Alexandria R.R. bridge over Bull Run, near Union Mills

Ruins of the Orange and Alexandria R.R. bridge over Bull Run, near Union Mills (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Scene in Baltimore, Md. Citizens building barricades on receipt of the news of Gen. Lee’s march into Penn.

Scene in Baltimore, Md. Citizens building barricades on receipt of the news of Gen. Lee’s march into Penn. (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Scene on the U.S. ford road, (battle of Chancellorsville) on the night of Apr. 30, 1863

Scene on the U.S. ford road, (battle of Chancellorsville) on the night of Apr. 30, 1863 (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sentry walking his beat

Sentry walking his beat (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Shoeing a mule

Shoeing a mule (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Signal officers watching the camps of Gen. Lee’s army on the south side of the Rapidan River, from the signal station on Poney Mountain

Signal officers watching the camps of Gen. Lee’s army on the south side of the Rapidan River, from the signal station on Poney Mountain (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Signal officers, in attic of farm house, watching the army of General Lee near Williamsport, Maryland

Signal officers, in attic of farm house, watching the army of General Lee near Williamsport, Maryland (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Signal station on the south side of the Rappahannock River. Seen through a glass from the Union camps

Signal station on the south side of the Rappahannock River. Seen through a glass from the Union camps (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Signal station on the summit of Poney Mountain, near Culpepper Court House, Va.

Signal station on the summit of Poney Mountain, near Culpepper Court House, Va. (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sketch map of the battle of Gettysburg, made while on the march toward Frederick, Md.

Sketch map of the battle of Gettysburg, made while on the march toward Frederick, Md. (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sketch of a group of Collis’ Zouaves–Gen. Banks bodyguard, now attached to Col. Geary command, near Manassas Gap

Sketch of a group of Collis’ Zouaves–Gen. Banks bodyguard, now attached to Col. Geary command, near Manassas Gap (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sketch of an officer

Sketch of an officer (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sketch of officer of infantry. The colonel

Sketch of officer of infantry. The colonel (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sketched on battlefield of Wilderness May 6th, 1864, 6 o’clock during Burnsides’ charge

Sketched on battlefield of Wilderness May 6th, 1864, 6 o’clock during Burnsides’ charge (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sketches of characters on the roadside

Sketches of characters on the roadside (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Sketches on the line of march. Bucktails

Sketches on the line of march. Bucktails (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Slave cabin near the Long Bridge, Chicahominy River, Va., June 13th 1864

Slave cabin near the Long Bridge, Chicahominy River, Va., June 13th 1864 (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Slave cabin near Warrenton, Va.

Slave cabin near Warrenton, Va. (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Smoking bacon–Army teamsters at hdqters, Brandy Station

Smoking bacon–Army teamsters at hdqters, Brandy Station (1861-1865)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Soldier’s hut in winter–Borrowing a chimney

Soldier’s hut in winter–Borrowing a chimney (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Soldier’s hut

Soldier’s hut (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Soldiers’ huts in winter camp

Soldiers’ huts in winter camp (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Soldier’s mud hut

Soldier’s mud hut (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Soldier’s theatre, (Fourteenth Brooklyn) in an old warehouse in Culpeper Court House, Va.

Soldier’s theatre, (Fourteenth Brooklyn) in an old warehouse in Culpeper Court House, Va. (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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Spotsylvania Court House, Va.

Spotsylvania Court House, Va. (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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