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Edwin Forbes - Breastworks near Williamsport, Md., thrown up by Gen. Lee’s army, on its retreat toward the Potomac

Breastworks near Williamsport, Md., thrown up by Gen. Lee’s army, on its retreat toward the Potomac (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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The Artist died in 1895 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer. It is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before Jan 1, 1926
Edwin Forbes

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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Picketts charge on the Union centre at the grove of trees about 3 PM

Picketts charge on the Union centre at the grove of trees about 3 PM (1865-1895)

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Caisson and battery horses – near the grove of trees

Caisson and battery horses – near the grove of trees

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

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

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

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

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
A thirsty crowd Newspapers for the Army. The race for camp

A thirsty crowd Newspapers for the Army. The race for camp (1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
Waiting for the blacksmith. Artillery forge

Waiting for the blacksmith. Artillery forge (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
The 6th Corps–Battle of the Wilderness–fighting in the woods

The 6th Corps–Battle of the Wilderness–fighting in the woods (1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
The old spring house, with guard

The old spring house, with guard (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
Attack on Gen. Sedwick’s Corps. Banks Ford near Chancellorsville, seen from the north bank of the Rappahannock River

Attack on Gen. Sedwick’s Corps. Banks Ford near Chancellorsville, seen from the north bank of the Rappahannock River (1863)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
The surgeons call

The surgeons call (1862-1864)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
Going into action.

Going into action. (1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
A siesta

A siesta (1861-1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
The waggoner shanty

The waggoner shanty (1861-1876)

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

The commissary’s quarters in winter camp (1876)

Edwin Forbes (American, 1839 – 1895)
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