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Drawings & Sketches

78,291 works

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

Pencil sketch of a soldier seated beside a mud hut with a ladder, stacked logs, and a tent in the background.

Soldier's mud hut - E.F.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of two signal officers in a brick attic, one watching through a telescope at a window.

Signal officers, in attic of farm house, watching the army of General Lee near Williamsport, Maryland

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a stone arch bridge and a multi-story mill beside a creek, with trees and a wooden fence in the foreground.

The 6th Corps (Genl. Sedgwick) crossing the bridge at Funkstown (Antietam Creek) in pursuit of Genl. Lee's forces aft…

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers crossing a stream near a plank mill building, with bare trees and a rail fence.

The Army of the Potomac crossing Broad Run. Retreat from Culpepper

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers and mounted officers on a wooded road, with a column advancing between tall trees.

The Army of the Potomac crossing the Chicahominy at Long Bridge

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of an army column on a forest road, with a wagon, mounted riders, a pack mule and a campfire among tall pines.

The Army of the Potomac on the march from the Chicahominy (sic) to the James River

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of army wagons and soldiers crossing a hilly field near Groveton, with a bare tree and distant troops, 1863.

The Army of the Potomac marching over the second Bull Run battleground near Groveton

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Sketch of wagons, log buildings and soldiers in a valley, with smoke rising from distant fields below hills.

The battle of Cedar Mountain. Night at the hospitals. Arrival of Gen. McDowell's Corps

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of a cemetery gateway with artillery, cavalry and wagons, annotated with positions across rolling hills.

The battle of Gettysburg. The gateway of the cemetery, the center of the Union position, First and Eleventh Corps

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers near earthen bomb proofs, a flagpole, cannons and tents across an open field.

The battle of Cold Harbor (Bomb proofs)

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers digging breastworks with stakes, tents and cannons in an open field near trees.

The battle of Cold Harbor, throwing up breastworks

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of wooded hills, boulders and rows of small tents across an open field, with handwritten notes.

The battle of Gettysburg. View of Little Round Top and the Devil's Den, held by the Fifth Corps

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers with flags, mounted officers, tents, and men on an earthen breastwork with caissons, 1863.

The battle of Rappahannock Station. Scene of Sunday in front of the works

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a soldier slumped against a fallen log in tall grass, with his cap on the ground beside him.

The bucktail's last shot

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of captured Confederate prisoners marching under mounted Union guards, with wagons and a farmhouse on the hill

The battle of Gettysburg-Prisoners belonging to Gen. Longstreet's Corps captured by Union troops, marching to the rea…

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers in camp, a man being shaved by a barber outdoors, with tents and a wagon behind.

The camp barber-taking a shave-Saturday-Rappahannock Station, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers with rifles wading across a river past a log building and large tree, 1864.

The Army of the Potomac (5th Corps) crossing the North Anna, at Jerico Ford

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of the Battle of Cross Keys showing mounted soldiers, wagons, smoke over hills and a flag in a wide landscape.

The battle of Cross Keys-Sunday June 7th 1862-Genl. Fremont and Genl. Jackson - E. Forbes

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of mounted soldiers crossing a wooden bridge over a river, with trees and hills in the background.

The army of General Fremont crossing the north fork of the Shenandoah at Mt. Jackson-Pursuit of Stonewall Jackson

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil battlefield sketch of troop lines, flags, cannon crews and horsemen across an open field, annotated with handwritten u

The battle of Gainesville, Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil panorama of a battlefield with troop lines, smoke over a tree line, and handwritten position notes.

The battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg - E.F.

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of Union soldiers charging over a wooden barricade at the Battle of Antietam, with fallen men and smoke in the

The battle of Antietam-Charge of Burnside 9th Corps on the right flank of the Confederate Army - E. Forbes

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of Civil War infantry advancing through smoke, with stretcher bearers and fallen soldiers in the foreground.

The battle of Groveton or Second Bull Run

Edwin Forbes, 1862