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Drawings & Sketches

78,284 works

Pencil sketch of soldiers resting with horses and mules in a hilly landscape, with a farmhouse and bare trees beyond.

Kelly's Ford - Stoneman's raid, April 21st 1863

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of infantry regiments marching in review on an open field, with mounted officers, flags and spectators.

Review of the Army of the Potomac, commanded by Gen. Joe E. Hooker, by President Abraham Lincoln

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of Union infantry advancing across an open field toward a tree line, with an American flag and smoke in the dis

Ricketts division, (6th Corps), Cold Harbor

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a ruined stone railway bridge pier over a stream, with a temporary bridge, wagons and soldiers in a wooded l

Ruins of the Orange and Alexandria R.R. bridge over Bull Run, near Union Mills

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of soldiers, horsemen and a covered wagon on a forest road at night beneath a crescent moon.

Scene on the U.S. ford road, (battle of Chancellorsville) on the night of Apr. 30, 1863

Edwin Forbes, 1863

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

Pencil sketch of four standing men in work clothes and hats, captioned as prisoners captured at Woodstock, Virginia, 1862.

Prisoners captured at Woodstock, Va. - E. Forbes

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of a steam locomotive crossing a tall wooden trestle bridge, with oxen and soldiers below.

Railroad train containing President Lincoln crossing Potomac Creek bridge on his way to review the Army of the Potomac

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Brown-toned drawing of soldiers, a civilian man and horses beside a ruined log cabin with a stone chimney.

The "reliable contraband"

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Pencil sketch of a uniformed sentry walking his beat with a rifle over his shoulder, shown from front and back.

Sentry walking his beat

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil drawing of a blacksmith shoeing a mule beside a wagon, with a man leaning on a wheel and another at an anvil.

Shoeing a mule

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers, horses and two flags beside an earthwork and split-rail fence in an open field.

Signal station on the south side of the Rappahannock River. Seen through a glass from the Union camps

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a timber signal station on a rocky summit, with a flag, soldiers, and two mounted horses.

Signal station on the summit of Poney Mountain, near Culpepper Court House, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch page of soldiers in caps, a dog, and a mule's head, with handwritten field notes.

Sketches on the line of march. Bucktails

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of straggling soldiers marching under guard past mounted officers, with tents and trees in the distance.

Stragglers on the march to headquarters

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil and wash sketch of a uniformed officer in a kepi standing at a canvas tent flap beside a wooden crate.

Study of an officer. It's almost time for dress parade

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of sunken boats in a river with a steamboat on the left and bare trees on the right bank.

Sunken vessels, in the Rappahannock River, below Fredericksburg, with earthwork commanding the channel

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of a seated soldier in a kepi and buttoned jacket, resting with arms on knees, on tinted paper.

Taking his comfort

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with barrels and a wagon wheel among bare trees, inscribed May 20 1863, Falmouth Va.

Soldier's hut - E.F.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a standing Union infantry soldier in a kepi and greatcoat, leaning on a bayonet-fitted rifle.

Study of infantry soldier on guard-William J. Jackson, Sergt. Maj. 12th N.Y. Vols.-Sketched at Stoneman's Switch, nea…

Edwin Forbes, 1863

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 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 sketches of soldiers' winter huts, showing a man chopping wood, a turf-covered dugout with laundry, and a tent with sm

Soldiers' huts in winter camp - E.F.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a soldiers' theatre with a painted river backdrop, sailboat, draped panels, and seated audience in uniform.

Soldier's theatre, (Fourteenth Brooklyn) in an old warehouse in Culpeper Court House, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of Union soldiers advancing through a forest during the Battle of the Wilderness, with fallen men on the ground

The 6th Corps-Battle of the Wilderness-fighting in the woods

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch with white highlights of soldiers smoking bacon by a barrel near a tent, with horses grazing behind them.

Smoking bacon-Army teamsters at hdqters, Brandy Station

Edwin Forbes, 1861

Pencil sketch of riders jumping a wooden rail fence in a hurdle race, with flags and spectators in a field.

St. Patrick's Day in the army-A hurdle race

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a horse race beside a flag-draped grandstand, with mounted men and a carriage in the foreground.

St. Patrick's Day in the army-The grand stand

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of mounted soldiers jumping a ditch, with cheering men on a hill, trees, a building and flags.

St. Patrick's Day in the army-Jumping the ditch

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of cavalry riders jumping fences in a steeplechase across a field, with spectators in the foreground.

St. Patrick's Day in the army-The steeple chase

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of riders and mules leaping a ditch during a race, with a crowd of cheering onlookers and flags behind.

St. Patrick's Day in the army-The mule race

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers gathered at a canopied stand beside tents and flags, with bare trees behind.

St. Patrick's Day in the army-Gen. Meagher distributing the prizes - EF

Edwin Forbes, 1863