The Army of the Potomac crossing Broad Run. Retreat from Culpepper
1863
Imagine the mud and exhaustion of an 1863 retreat—that's the vibe Edwin Forbes captured here. Sketching on the fly with the Army of the Potomac, he drew soldiers marching past a ruined, roofless house that looks like it took a direct hit. The bare trees and looming farmhouse set a pretty gloomy scene for the retreat from Culpepper. Forbes was basically a war correspondent with a pencil, sending these raw sketches back to newspapers so people at home could see the unglamorous side of the Civil War.
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