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Pencil sketch of a cavalry charge with raised sabres, flags, fallen horses and riders, and smoke in the background.

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Cavalry Charge Near Brandy Station, Edwin Forbes (1864), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A charcoal or graphite sketch shows mounted soldiers in dark uniforms charging across open ground, sabres raised, with flags visible above the advancing line. Fallen horses and riders lie in the foreground, and smoke fills the background. The drawing is attributed to Edwin Forbes and dated 1864.

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