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Pencil sketch of two horses and a wagon under a large tree, with a figure working at the lower left and a canvas hanging at r

The cavalry forge

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Grey paper sketch of several men in period dress, some with bags and hats, one raising a hand, titled Rebs taking the oath at

Rebs taking the oath at Richmond

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil and wash sketch of soldiers firing a cannon on open ground, with distant troops and smoke in the background.

Reconnoisance (sic) by Bufords Cavalry towards the Rapidan river

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of Manassas Junction fortifications with palisade, sandbags, railroad tracks, barrels, and annotated labels, 18

General view of the fortifications of Manassas Junction

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Sepia wash drawing of three men in a rowboat in stormy seas, with a three-masted ship in the background.

Incident in the blockade

Alfred Waud, 1860

Sketch of soldiers working an 8-inch mortar inside a log-walled battery, with an officer with a sword at right.

View of 8 in. Mortar in Captain Dow's Battery

Alfred Waud, 1864

An officer of infantry, U.S.V.

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of soldiers gathered around a sutler cart with a woman vendor behind its counter, 1861.

Sutler cart. at Baileys Cross roads

Alfred Waud, 1861

Pencil sketch of a farmhouse behind a picket fence and trees, with handwritten labels for mulberry and locust trees.

At Totopotomay Creek, Va

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of two ruined stone bridge piers in water, with an earthen embankment, bare trees and a cliff beside them.

Ruins of the Acquia Creek and Fredericksburg R.R. bridge, over Potomac Creek)

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Unidentified officer on horseback

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of an open rolling landscape with tree lines, a small barn, and figures in the foreground, 1864.

Birney's Div. across the N. Anna

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of signal officers with a telescope on a hilltop overlooking distant hills, trees, and log cabins.

Signal officers watching the camps of Gen. Lee's army on the south side of the Rapidan River, from the signal station…

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of Civil War soldiers firing rifles across a smoky, tree-lined battlefield with officers in the foreground.

The toughest fight yet. The fight for the salient

Alfred Waud, 1864

Sketch of a cannon and standing soldier on a rise overlooking a town of houses across an open field under cloudy sky.

Fredericksburg, Va

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of a log hut with a stone chimney, barrels, and a standing soldier in a long coat, dated 1864.

Soldier's hut in winter-Borrowing a chimney

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a rough army camp with wooden huts, scattered logs, and trees along a dirt path.

Army camp

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a rolling landscape with trees, small buildings, and a distant treeline, with handwritten notes

Battlefield landscape

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a tired soldier lying on a slope with his rifle, a wagon and trees in the background.

The tired soldier - a sketch from life at Petersburg during the siege

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Full length sketches of five African American men

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a Union army encampment with tents, flags, mounted soldiers and a wagon in a hilly valley.

Gen McClellan's HQ Army of the Potomac, Pleasant Valley, Md

Alfred Waud, 1862

Pencil sketch of horses and soldiers pulling an artillery caisson through a pine forest, with a dead horse in the foreground.

A stormy march-(Artillery)-Spotsylvania Court House

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers digging earthworks under a flag, with a mounted officer watching over an open field.

Throwing up earthworks to prevent a night attack

Alfred Waud, 1860

Pencil sketch of a wooden signal station with a flag, horses, and a tent on a hillside.

Signal Station on Pony Mountain

Alfred Waud, 1863

Pencil sketch of Civil War battlefield with Union troops, cannons, horses, wagons, tents and numbered figures under smoke.

The battle of Spottsylvania (sic)-View of the field from the center of the position

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer leading cavalry across a field, with troops, wagons and masts in the background.

April 6. Custer ready for his 3rd charge at Sailors Creek 1865

Alfred Waud, 1865

Pencil sketch of standing men in hats beside rows of prone figures and stacked rifles near a fence, Spotsylvania 1864.

Spotsylvania, Va-May 8-13-64

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a ballroom with flag bunting, chandeliers, cannons, and crowds of dancers and uniformed officers.

Ball of the 5th Corps, 1st Div. (Gen. Bartlett). Near Beverly Ford, Va

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer with a ragged flag rallying infantry soldiers with rifles on a battlefield, 1864.

Genl. Warren rallying the Marylanders

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil sketch of a soldier aiming a mortar on a wooden platform while two men watch, with smoke rising in the background.

Aiming a Mortar, in Jacksons Connecticut battery

Alfred Waud, 1864

Pencil drawing of St. Michael's Church in Charleston with a tall tiered steeple, columned portico, and a street with a carria

St. Michaels Church, Charleston, S.C.

John Rubens Smith, 1812

Pencil sketch of Union soldiers with artillery guns, wagon wheels and a cannonball on a crate in a wooden camp.

Union artillery at Petersburg

Alfred Waud, 1864