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Thirty years after. An artist's story of the great war, told, and illustrated with nearly 300 relief-etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings (1890)

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 · New York, Fords, Howard, & Hulbert · leaf 48

An illustration from Thirty years after. An artist's story of the great war, told, and illustrated with nearly 300 relief-etchings after sketches in the field, and 20 half-tone equestrian portraits from original oil paintings, 1890, leaf 48
e cavalrymen slowly leading their horses, and all reached the oppo¬ site bank in safety. All this was fun for the spectators, from whom came peal after peal of laughter until the journey across the river was accomplished. I believe this was the last time that style of bridge was made use of. A most… … kinds of traps and plunder, and the pack mules and horses had more than the usual burden. Everything bore the terrible imprint of a month’s hard fighting, and made sad contrast to the hopeful men who in new uniforms had so recently started out from the winter camp near Culpepper, under the great…

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