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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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The battle of Chancellorsville

The battle of Chancellorsville (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Cold Harbor (Bomb proofs)

The battle of Cold Harbor (Bomb proofs) (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Cold Harbor, throwing up breastworks

The battle of Cold Harbor, throwing up breastworks (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Cross Keys–Sunday June 7th 1862–Genl. Fremont and Genl. Jackson

The battle of Cross Keys–Sunday June 7th 1862–Genl. Fremont and Genl. Jackson (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Gainesville, Va.

The battle of Gainesville, Va. (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Gettysburg 2

The battle of Gettysburg 2 (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Gettysburg 3

The battle of Gettysburg 3 (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
Drawings
The battle of Gettysburg. Attack on the Third Corps, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, by Gen. Longstreet’s Corps

The battle of Gettysburg. Attack on the Third Corps, Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, by Gen. Longstreet’s Corps (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Gettysburg. The gateway of the cemetery, the center of the Union position, First and Eleventh Corps

The battle of Gettysburg. The gateway of the cemetery, the center of the Union position, First and Eleventh Corps (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
Drawings
The battle of Gettysburg. View of Little Round Top and the Devil’s Den, held by the Fifth Corps

The battle of Gettysburg. View of Little Round Top and the Devil’s Den, held by the Fifth Corps (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Gettysburg

The battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Gettysburg–Prisoners belonging to Gen. Longstreet’s Corps captured by Union troops, marching to the rear under guard

The battle of Gettysburg–Prisoners belonging to Gen. Longstreet’s Corps captured by Union troops, marching to the rear under guard (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Groveton or Second Bull Run

The battle of Groveton or Second Bull Run (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Rappahannock Station. Scene of Sunday in front of the works

The battle of Rappahannock Station. Scene of Sunday in front of the works (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The battle of Spottsylvania–View of the field from the center of the position

The battle of Spottsylvania–View of the field from the center of the position (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The bucktail’s last shot

The bucktail’s last shot (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The camp barber–taking a shave–Saturday–Rappahannock Station, Va.

The camp barber–taking a shave–Saturday–Rappahannock Station, Va. (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The cavalry forge

The cavalry forge (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The charge across the Burnside Bridge–Antietam

The charge across the Burnside Bridge–Antietam (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The commissary sergeant’s quarters–weighing salt horse

The commissary sergeant’s quarters–weighing salt horse (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The commissary’s quarters in winter camp

The commissary’s quarters in winter camp (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The crossing of the North Fork of the Rappahannock River, near Waterloo, by Gen. Bank’s Corps

The crossing of the North Fork of the Rappahannock River, near Waterloo, by Gen. Bank’s Corps (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864–Wilderness campaign

The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864–Wilderness campaign (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The defenses of Centreville, forts, breastworks, etc., from a point south of the Warrenton turnpike

The defenses of Centreville, forts, breastworks, etc., from a point south of the Warrenton turnpike (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The defenses of Centreville

The defenses of Centreville (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The defenses of Manassas on the Orange and Alex. R.R. north of the station, looking S.E.

The defenses of Manassas on the Orange and Alex. R.R. north of the station, looking S.E. (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The escape of Stonewall Jackson’s Army down the valley pike at Strausburg, Va.

The escape of Stonewall Jackson’s Army down the valley pike at Strausburg, Va. (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The evacuation of Manassas Junction, Va.

The evacuation of Manassas Junction, Va. (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The First and Sixth N.Y.V. throwing pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock River near Beverly Ford

The First and Sixth N.Y.V. throwing pontoon bridge across the Rappahannock River near Beverly Ford (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The first battle of Winchester–The charge on the stonewall

The first battle of Winchester–The charge on the stonewall (1862)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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