Culpeper, Virginie – Empilement du blé
1863
Imagine being a soldier in 1863, and instead of fighting, you're stacking wheat—this is exactly what Edwin Forbes sketched in Culpepper, Virginia. As a 'Special Artist' embedded with the Union Army, Forbes was tasked with documenting the Civil War, but he often focused on the quiet, everyday moments like these towering haystacks and weary oxen. The date scrawled at the bottom, September 26th, anchors this peaceful scene right in the middle of a bloody conflict, reminding us that life (and farming) had to go on even during war.
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