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Edwin Forbes - Guarding the prisoners. Petersburg, June 30, 1864

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

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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A stormy march–(Artillery)–Spotsylvania Court House

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An old soldier

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The signal station sketched near Culpeper C.H., Va.

The signal station sketched near Culpeper C.H., Va. (1864)

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Last stand of the Army of Virginia, commanded by General Lee

Last stand of the Army of Virginia, commanded by General Lee (1865-1876)

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The sutler’s tent in camp

The sutler’s tent in camp (1863)

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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)

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Virginians going to the commissary for rations

Virginians going to the commissary for rations (1864)

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Battle of the North Anna, from the hill above Jerico Ford showing Confederate lines, Union line, and road to Jerico Ford, Virginia

Battle of the North Anna, from the hill above Jerico Ford showing Confederate lines, Union line, and road to Jerico Ford, Virginia (1864)

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The battle of Chancellorsville. Scene at junction of U.S. ford road, and road to Rapidan River

The battle of Chancellorsville. Scene at junction of U.S. ford road, and road to Rapidan River (1863)

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A distant battle

A distant battle (1861-1876)

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Officers’ winter quarters

Officers’ winter quarters (1861-1876)

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Study of an officer. It’s almost time for dress parade

Study of an officer. It’s almost time for dress parade (1864)

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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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On picket on the river bank

On picket on the river bank (1861-1876)

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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)

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