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Drawings & Sketches

78,275 works

Pencil sketch of a seated soldier in a kepi and uniform, resting a sword across his lap on a wooden stool.

The signal officer off duty

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a leafless tree in an open field, with handwritten caption The Signal Station near Culpeper, Virginia, 1864.

The signal station sketched near Culpeper C.H., Va.

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers, a horse, and a photographer at a tripod camera under an umbrella, with a church steeple behind.

The showman in camp-A scene in the streets of Culpepper (sic)

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of two soldiers beside a log hut, barrels, and a tent in a clearing with shrubs, by Edwin Forbes.

The commissary sergeant's quarters-weighing salt horse - EF

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a wagon train crossing a river ford with mounted riders, wooded hills and smoke in the background.

The crossing of the Rapidan at Germanna Ford, May 5, 1864-Wilderness campaign

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of Manassas plains with a log cabin, mounted soldiers, army tents and wagons under a cloudy sky.

The plains of Manassas, looking towards the Bull Run Mountains, from Gen. T.F. Meagher's headquarters - E. Forbes

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of soldiers along a stone wall on a battlefield with a flag and bare trees on a hill.

The first battle of Winchester-The charge on the stonewall

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of soldiers and horses hauling a heavy cannon on a wagon through a rainy road, with a bare tree.

The pursuit of Gen. Lee's rebel army. The heavy guns - 30 pounders - going to the front during a rain storm - E.F.

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Engraving of Black infantry charging across a field past fallen soldiers, with a flag, a mounted officer and stretcher bearer

The war in Virginia - the 22nd Colored Regiment, Duncan's brigade, carrying the first line of Rebel works before Pete…

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of soldiers charging toward an earthwork near a two-story house, with smoke rising behind the embankment.

The storming of the first line of works at Petersburg

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Sepia drawing of Union soldiers gathering at a camp tent as a fifer and drummer play, with smoke rising over the tents.

The surgeons call

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of Warrenton, Virginia, showing church steeples and rooftops above open fields with scattered trees.

The town of Warrenton, Va., from the east

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of Union soldiers crossing a river on a rope bridge, one man partly submerged, beside tall trees.

Union soldiers crossing the north fork of the Rappahannock on a rope bridge

Edwin Forbes, 1862

The veteran

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a Civil War camp with tents, cannons, horses and soldiers, with farmhouses and hills beyond.

View of Centreville Va. Bull Run battlefield in the distance. Aug. 1863

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of an ox cart carrying two bonneted women, with mounted riders and a walking man on a rural road.

Virginians going to the commissary for rations

Edwin Forbes, 1864

The Zouave

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of a military wagon camp with a covered wagon, a tent, a small campfire and men resting among trees.

The wagon camp

Edwin Forbes, 1864

Pencil sketch of two horses beside a covered wagon and cart under a large tree, with a canvas draped at right.

Waiting for the blacksmith. Artillery forge

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of a columned courthouse with a clock cupola, flag, and wagons and soldiers in the street.

Warrenton Court House. Retreat of the Army of the Rappahannock through the town

Edwin Forbes, 1862

Pencil sketch of a canvas sutler's tent in a military camp with a wagon, soldiers, and a smoking stovepipe.

The sutler's tent in camp

Edwin Forbes, 1863

Pencil sketch of soldiers resting by a cannon and breastwork with troops advancing through woods and smoke rising.

The Wilderness, on the Brock road, 2nd Corps-May 11th 1864

Edwin Forbes, 1864

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

Soldier in a kepi sits by a small campfire near a wooden lean-to, with a rifle and tin cup, in a brown wash drawing.

A Christmas dinner. A scene on the outer picket line

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sepia drawing of a covered wagon with ox and mules on a dirt road, two seated soldiers by a campfire at left.

Coming into the lines. A party of slaves...have started for the Union lines

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Soldiers line up in a camp to receive soup ladled from kettles, with tents and covered wagons on the hillside behind.

Fall in for soup - company mess

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Four-panel brown-toned sketch: a log cabin, a soldier carrying a beehive, mounted riders by a bridge, and a man leading a mul

"Gone off with the Yanks" ; A land flowing with milk and honey ; A scouting party ; An old campaigner

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Sketch of a halted infantry line beside a flag, with fallen soldiers and scattered rifles in the foreground and shell bursts

A halt in the line of march

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Two soldiers in a winter camp, one playing fiddle beside a canvas tent, with log cabins and pine trees behind them.

Home, sweet home. A scene in winter camp

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Soldier leaning on a tree in the rain holding a rifle, beside a companion scene of a flag-bearing soldier by a cannon wheel.

A rainy day on picket

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Brown-toned sketch of soldiers, a horse, a dog and wagons beside a large tree at a roadside camp.

A scene on the roadside near Summer Camp

Edwin Forbes, 1876

Brown-toned sketch of a riverbank picket post, an old sawmill by water, and a military camp with tents and cabin.

On picket on the river bank

Edwin Forbes, 1876