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January 15, 2009 – March 15, 2009

Edwin Forbes Collection consisting of 156 pen and ink drawings and art work by the Civil War artist Edwin Forbes. Gift of the William R. Berkley Family.

   1. Artillery Piece Being Transported to the Front on a Carriage Drawn by Six Horses, c. 1862–1889
   2. Up in a Balloon, Boys, c. 1862–89
   3. Coming into the Lines, c. 1889
   4. Hasty [a] Supper, c. 1889
   5. Putin’ de Chimley Out, c. 1889
   6. Rear of the Column, c. 1889
   7. Reliable [the] Contraband, c. 1889
   8. Sanctuary [the], c. 1889
   9. Smoking Hot, c. 1889
   10. Army Bread, c. 1889
   11. Army [the] Butcher, c. 1863–89
   12. Borrowing a Wash Tub, c. 1889
   13. Chief [the] Cook. [with:] A Warm Breakfast. Winter [with:] An Evening Meal. Summer Camp, c. 1862–89
   14. Chuck on Some Logs, Pete!, c. 1889
   15. Dinner Call, c. 1862–89
   16. Double-Shuffle [the], c. 1889
   17. Drumming out of Camp, c. 1863–89
   18. Fall in for Soup, c. 1889
   19. Feeding the Mules, c. 1862–89
   20. Grand [the] Review, c. 1889
   21. Home Again, c. 1862–89
   22. Making a Cremona, c. 1862–89
   23. Making Preparations for a Feast, c. 1862–89
   24. Military [a] Execution, c. 1863–89
   25. Morning [a] Lesson, c. 1862–89
   26. Present [a] for the Colonel, c. 1862–89
   27. Punishment [the] fits the Crime, c. 1862–89
   28. Dishonoured Graves, c. 1863–89
   29. Soldier’s [the] Return, c. 1889
   30. Sutler [the], c. 1889
   31. Sutler’s [the] Tent, c. 1862–89
   32. Wagoners [the] Shanty, c. 1889
   33. Washing Day in Camp, c. 1862–89
   34. Winter Huts Commissary Sergts. Head Quarters, c. 1889
   35. Writing Home, c. 1862–89
   36. Advance [the] Guard, c. 1889
   37. Advance of Cav[alry] Corps, c. 1889
   38. Awaiting the Groom, c. 1889
   39. Cavalry [the] Camp, c. 1862–89
   40. Cavalrymen Watering Horses at a Field Location, c. 1862–89
   41. Cavalry [a] Raid, c. 1862–89
   42. Coming out of the Fight, c. 1863–89
   43. Drill & Parades, c. 1889
   44. Feeding Horses & Mules, c. 1889
   45. Feeding Horses and Mules, a Halt by the Roadside, c. 1862–89
   46. Material Aid, c. 1889
   47. Played Out, c. 1889
   48. Reserve [the] Line, c. 1889
   49. Through the Ice, c. 1862–89
   50. Used Up, c. 1862–89
   51. About Ready, c. 1889
   52. Behind the Breastworks. Awaiting the Attack, c. 1862–89
   53. Building Breastworks, c. 1889
   54. Cavalry Foragers, c. 1862–89
   55. Defeated [a] Army. The Retreat, c. 1862–89
   56. Dispatch [a] Bearer, c. 1862–89
   57. Distant [the] Battle, c. 1889
   58. Drawing their Fire, c. 1863–89
   59. Family of Four Observes a Battle, c. 1862–89
   60. Friend [a] in Need, c. 1889
   61. Hard Times, c. 1889
   62. Infantry in the Attack, c. 1862–89
   63. Last [the] Act of Friendship, c. 1863–89
   64. Lazy [a] Day, c. 1862–89
   65. Locating the Enemy's Lines, c. 1889
   66. News at the Front, c. 1889
   67. Night [a] Battle, c. 1889
   68. Off for the Front, c. 1863–89
   69. On a Stretcher, c. 1889
   70. Out of the Fight, c. 1862–89
   71. Rallying the Line, c. 1889
   72. Rallying the Line, c. 1862–89
   73. Running the Gauntlet, c. 1862–89
   74. Running the Gauntlet, c. 1889
   75. Sounding the Charge, c. 1862–89
   76. Supporting a Battery, c. 1889
   77. Too Hot. [with:] The Old Pack Mule. [with:] Water for the Mess. [with:] Done to a Turn.
        [with:] Not Much Left
, c. 1862–89
   78. Under Cover, c. 1862–89
   79. Used Up, c. 1862–89
   80. Waiting, c. 1862–89
   81. [Wait]ing for Something to Turn Up, c. 1889
   82. After Canned Goods, c. 1862–89
   83. Attacked by Bushwhackers, c. 1863–89
   84. Confederate Charge, c. 1889
   85. Dead [a] Shot, c. 1862–89
   86. I Surrender!, c. 1889
   87. Night [a] Battle, c. 1862–89
   88. Building Forts, Obstructions &c, c. 1862–89
   89. Military Rail Road, c. 1889
   90. Pontoon [the] Trains, c. 1862–89
   91. Throwing Up Breastworks, c. 1862–89
   92. Army [the] Herd, c. 1889
   93. Army Milkers, c. 1862–89
   94. Bivouac, c. 1889
   95. Bummers, c. 1864–89
   96. Bummers. [with:] Sweets to the Sweet. [with:] Chicken for Dinner.
        [with:] Forage Liberally on the Country
, c. 1864–89
   97. By the Brookside, c. 1862–89
   98. Christmas Dinner, c. 1889
   99. Cold Comfort, c. 1862–89
   100. Helping [a] Hand, c. 1862–89
   101. Making Abatis &c. A Hard Road to Travel, c. 1889
   102. Monuments to Departed Life, c. 1862–89
   103. Mud Marches, c. 1889
   104. Punishments, c. 1889
   105. Race for the Camp, c. 1889
   106. Rescue [the], c. 1862–89
   107. Road [the] To Camp, c. 1862–89
   108. Roadside [a] Argument, c. 1862–89
   109. Something Good, c. 1862–89
   110. Specimen [a] Pair, c. 1889
   111. Wagon [the] Trains, c. 1889
   112. Wayside [the] Spring, c. 1889
   113. Wintry [a] March, c. 1889
   114. Wintry [the] March, c. 1863–89
   115. Grand [a] Review by Presdt. Lincoln, A Sketch, c. 1863–89
   116. Return from the Review, c. 1863–89
   117. All Quiet on the Picket Line, c. 1863–89
   118. Deserted Picket Hut, c. 1889
   119. Forsaken, c. 1863–89
   120. Outer [the] Picket Line, c. 1889
   121. Packing Up, c. 1889
   122. Rainy Day on Picket, c. 1889
   123. Traffic Between the Lines – Flag of Truce, c. 1889
   124. Pickett's Charge, c. 1863–89
   125. Prisoners from the Front, c. 1863–89
   126. Battery [the] Guard, c. 1889
   127. Rammer [the], c. 1889
   128. Bugler [the], c. 1889
   129. Orderly [an], Sketch from Life, c. 1862–89
   130. On the Look Out, c. 1889
   131. Kindling Enthusiasm, c. 1889
   132. With the Moving Column, c. 1862–89
   133. Deserter [the], c. 1889
   134. Drummer [the] Boy, c. 1889
   135. Army [the] Ax-Man, c. 1889
   136. Rail [a] Road Builder, c. 1889
   137. Hungry [the] Soldier, c. 1889
   138. Chatting by the Way, c. 1889
   139. Heavy [a] Load, c. 1889
   140. [Infantryman Sleeping with his back to a Tree, Pack Roll on the Ground,
        and his Rifle Resting against the Tree]
, c. 1889
   141. Making Ready, c. 1889
   142. Marching in the Rain, c. 1889
   143. Night March, c. 1889
   144. Old [an] Campaigner, c. 1889
   145. Old [an] Campaigner, c. 1862–89
   146. Newspaper Correspondent (Taking Notes), c. 1889
   147. Group of Signal Stations, c. 1864–89
   148. Signal Corps, c. 1889
   149. Waiting for the Signal, c. 1864–89
   150. Flag of the Brave and the Free, c. 1865–89
   151. Officers & Non. Com. Penn. Zouaves, Camp Pardee Va. April 17th 1862. A Sketch from Life, c. 1862–89
   152. Friends in Need, c. 1862–89
   153. Beef on the Hoof, c. 1889
   154. Going to Provost Head-Quarters, Under Guard, c. 1862–89
   155. Scouting [a] Party, c. 1889
   156. Double Quick March, c. 1862–89


Photographic print of Randolph Scott by George Hurrell. Purchase. William Anderson Hagey Fund.

Coverlet made in Augusta County by Nora Carlisle Swortzel or her mother, Marion Helen Carlisle, c. 1892–95. Gift of Robert C. Mainfort, Jr., Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Silver cup trophy inscribed to S. G. Johnston by the Virginia State Fair Association as the first prize in the ten mile motorcycle race. Dated 10 October 1908. Purchase. William Anderson Hagey Fund.



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