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Edwin Forbes - The Army of the Potomac crossing the Chicahominy at Long Bridge

The Army of the Potomac crossing the Chicahominy at Long Bridge (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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Cavalry outpost, near Potomac Creek. Daybreak on a cold morning

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Beef for the army–on the march (1864)

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St. Julien

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Harry, the innocent contraband

Harry, the innocent contraband (1863)

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A distant battle (1861-1876)

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Camp sentry, Rappahannock Station, Va.

Camp sentry, Rappahannock Station, Va. (1864)

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View of Winchester, Va., from fort on the hill N.E. of the town

View of Winchester, Va., from fort on the hill N.E. of the town (1862)

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An army graveyard. Winter camp near Stoneman’s Switch, Falmouth, Va.

An army graveyard. Winter camp near Stoneman’s Switch, Falmouth, Va. (1861-1876)

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Wounded soldier leaning on a pitchfork at Battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864

Wounded soldier leaning on a pitchfork at Battle of the Wilderness, May 7, 1864 (1864)

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Fording a river (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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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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