"An Old Campaigner," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876

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 darkey cook with the mess mule
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 32.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Scouting Party," 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 Scouting Party
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 32.
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 Scouting Party," 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 Scouting Party
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 32.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey," 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 Land Flowing with Milk and Honey"
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 32.
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 Land Flowing With Milk and Honey," 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 Land Flowing with Milk and Honey"
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 32.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Gone Off With the Yankees," 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
"Gone Off with the Yanks" - A deserted negro cabin
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 32.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"The Supply Train," 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
"Hard tack and salt horse" for the army.
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 31.
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 Supply Train," 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
"Hard tack and salt horse" for the army.
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 31.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Coming Into 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 10, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A party of slaves have taken massa's old schooner (wagon) and with a "spike" team, have started for the Union lines. They are passing the picket post. On the distant hill some laggards appear in sight, one waving his hat for joy as he catches sight of "Massa Linkum's sodjers."
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 30.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Coming Into 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 10, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A party of slaves have taken massa's old schooner (wagon) and with a "spike" team, have started for the Union lines. They are passing the picket post. On the distant hill some laggards appear in sight, one waving his hat for joy as he catches sight of "Massa Linkum's sodjers."
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 30.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 
Subscribe to