"An Advance of the Cavalry Skirmish Line," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Clearing the way while the main body is in support.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 37.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Going Into Action," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
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Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A battery of artillery, under the enemy's fire, dashing up the hill and taking position.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 36.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Going Into Action," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A battery of artillery, under the enemy's fire, dashing up the hill and taking position.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 36.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Lull in the Fight," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, detail, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A scene behind the breastworks. Officers and me are grouped about the guns, while some of the latter are playing cards, cooking, and amusing themselves generally. In the centre of the picture a squad of prisoners is seen coming in from the front under guard.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 34.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Traffic between the Lines," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Pickets trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a truce. The enemy's works (protected by abattis and cheveaux-de-frise) are seen in the background, with groups of soldiers on the parapet.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 35.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Traffic between the Lines," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Pickets trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a truce. The enemy's works (protected by abattis and cheveaux-de-frise) are seen in the background, with groups of soldiers on the parapet.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 35.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Lull in the Fight," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A scene behind the breastworks. Officers and me are grouped about the guns, while some of the latter are playing cards, cooking, and amusing themselves generally. In the centre of the picture a squad of prisoners is seen coming in from the front under guard.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 34.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Lull in the Fight," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A scene behind the breastworks. Officers and me are grouped about the guns, while some of the latter are playing cards, cooking, and amusing themselves generally. In the centre of the picture a squad of prisoners is seen coming in from the front under guard.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 34.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"The Outer Picket Line, Winter," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A general view overlooking the enemy's country.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 33.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"The Outer Picket Line, Winter," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 11, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A general view overlooking the enemy's country.
Source citation
Edwin Forbes, Life Studies of the Great Army, A Historical Work of Art in Copper-Plate Etching ...(New York: Edwin Forbes, 1876), plate 33.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 
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