Civil War Etchings

by Edwin Forbes

Treasury of 42 rare and valuable plates made from famed Civil War-era illustrator's on-the-spot sketches of day-to-day lives of Union soldiers: dress, sleeping arrangements, marches, picket duty, pastimes, etc. Plates accompanied by Forbes's simple, factual commentaries on each scene, later amplified by William Forrest Dawson, an army historian.

96 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 1994

Reviews

[Shane Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a huge fan of etchings and woodblock prints so I bought this for the drawings not thinking I would enjoy the text as much as I did.