"Newspapers in Camp," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, detail

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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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
Newspapers in Camp. The newsman is sitting on horseback, surrounding by men buying and reading the latest "news from the front," as it comes from the rear.
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 28.
Source note
Cropped from the larger version, available at http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40604
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"Newspapers in 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
Newspapers in Camp. The newsman is sitting on horseback, surrounding by men buying and reading the latest "news from the front," as it comes from the rear.
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 28.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Distant Battle," Edwin Forbes, copper plate etching, 1876, zoomable image

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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, July 19, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Yes
Original caption
A Distant Battle. Seen at distance of about six miles. In the foreground is an abandoned breastwork, and on the road to the left a column of troops is shown hurrying to the sound of distant cannon.
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 27.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Halt in Line of Battle," 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
Halt in Line of Battle. The line, having advanced and driven the enemy, whose dead is lying in front, is "dressing up," while a reinforcing column can be seen coming over the hill in the distance. Shells from the enemy's batteries are bursting in the air.
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 17.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, available at http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40600
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Halt in Line of Battle," 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
Halt in Line of Battle. The line, having advanced and driven the enemy, whose dead is lying in front, is "dressing up," while a reinforcing column can be seen coming over the hill in the distance. Shells from the enemy's batteries are bursting in the air.
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 17.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, available at http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40600
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Halt in Line of Battle," 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
Halt in Line of Battle. The line, having advanced and driven the enemy, whose dead is lying in front, is "dressing up," while a reinforcing column can be seen coming over the hill in the distance. Shells from the enemy's batteries are bursting in the air.
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 17.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Cavalry Charge," 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 Cavalry Charge. An advance against the enemy's guns, which are posted on the hill. The enemy's line has met the charge, and is trying to save the guns, which are hurrying to the rear.
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 27.
Source note
Cropped from the larger image, also available at http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40598
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

"A Cavalry Charge," 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 Cavalry Charge. An advance against the enemy's guns, which are posted on the hill. The enemy's line has met the charge, and is trying to save the guns, which are hurrying to the rear.
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 27.
Source note
Privately published. The complete set of forty plates sold for $50.00 in 1876. 

Union troops raid Confederate plantations on the Combahee River, June 1-3, 1863, artist's impression, detail

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 10, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Raid of Second South Carolina Volunteers (Col. Montgomery) among the rice plantations on the Combahee, SC
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, July 4, 1863, 429.
Source note
Cropped from a larger image, also available, at http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40596 

Union troops raid Confederate plantations on the Combahee River, June 1-3, 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image

Scanned by
Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College
Scan date
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, July 10, 2013.
Image type
engraving
Use in Day View?
No
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
Raid of Second South Carolina Volunteers (Col. Montgomery) among the rice plantations on the Combahee, SC
Source citation
Harper's Weekly Magazine, July 4, 1863, 429.
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