Genl. U.S. Grant at Wilderness
1864
Edwin Forbes, a sketch artist for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, captured this lively moment of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant riding through the woods during the Civil War. Soldiers line the path, cheering and tossing their hats in the air as Grant passes on horseback, a rare moment of celebration amidst the grueling Wilderness Campaign of May 1864. The quick, scratchy lines give the scene an urgent, on-the-ground feel, as if Forbes was sketching it right there in the dirt.
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