"A Scene on the Roadside near Summer Camp," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, further detail 1.

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 9, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Two cavalrymen, who have just returned from a scout, are having their horses shod.
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 14.
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 Scene on the Roadside near Summer Camp," 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 9, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Two cavalrymen, who have just returned from a scout, are having their horses shod.
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 14.
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 Scene on the Roadside near Summer Camp," 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 9, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Two cavalrymen, who have just returned from a scout, are having their horses shod.
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 14.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Officers' Winter Quarters," 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 9, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Waiting for dinner after dress parade. In the doorway the sergeant of the guard is seen reporting to the officer of the day.
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 13.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Officers' Winter Quarters," 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 9, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Waiting for dinner after dress parade. In the doorway the sergeant of the guard is seen reporting to the officer of the day.
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 13.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Coffee Coolers," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, zoomable image, 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 9, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A party of stragglers from the column which is seen marching over the hill in the distance. These are the men who always shirked a battle, and were to be found with their regiments only when rations were to be served out, at a safe distance from the enemy.
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 12.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Coffee Coolers," 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 9, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A party of stragglers from the column which is seen marching over the hill in the distance. These are the men who always shirked a battle, and were to be found with their regiments only when rations were to be served out, at a safe distance from the enemy.
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 12.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"The Newspaper Correspondent," 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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Riding to send off his despatches (sic) with news of a battle, ahead of rival correspondents.
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 11.
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 Newspaper Correspondent," 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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Riding to send off his despatches (sic) with news of a battle, ahead of rival correspondents.
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 11.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Slave Cabin - 'Got Any Pies For Sale, Aunty'," 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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A party straggling from the line of march in search of luxuries of the season.
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 10.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 
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