"A Race for 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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Newsboys passing the picket station while on the road to camp with the latest news.
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 6.

Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Thirsty Crowd at the Old Spring House," 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
A scene on the line of march during a hot 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 6.
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 Thirsty Crowd at the Old Spring House," 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
A scene on the line of march during a hot 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 6.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"The Pontoon Bridges," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, further 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
The army crossing a river and closing up on column on the hill, while the advance is pushing forward into the woods, which have caught fire with exploding cartridges.
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 5.
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 Pontoon Bridges," 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
The army crossing a river and closing up on column on the hill, while the advance is pushing forward into the woods, which have caught fire with exploding cartridges.
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 5.
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 Pontoon Bridges," 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
The army crossing a river and closing up on column on the hill, while the advance is pushing forward into the woods, which have caught fire with exploding cartridges.
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 5.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Winter Camp - Mud Huts," 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
Winter Camp.
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 4.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Winter Camp - A Wagoner's Shanty," 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
Winter Camp.
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 4.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Winter 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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Winter Camp.
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 4.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Through the Wilderness," 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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A battery of artillery dragged through the mud during a spring rain-storm.
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 3.
Source note
Cropped from the full image, aslo available here.
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 
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