Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 Gone Off with the Yanks

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GLC#
GLC02199.32-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1876
Author/Creator
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Title
Gone Off with the Yanks
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 etching : b&w Height: 46.9 cm, Width: 59.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Marked "Plate 32." Contains 4 images. Upper left image is titled "Gone off with the Yanks," and shows what appears to be an abandoned shack that was inhabited by enslaved people. Upper right image is titled "A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey," and shows soldiers appearing to plunder a Confederate farm. One soldier is taking a bee hive, while another was knocked down by a cow he was trying to lead away. The lower left image is titled "A Scouting Party," and shows a group of cavalrymen about to cross a wooden bridge. Lower right image is titled "An Old Campaigner," depicting a Black cook with a mess mule. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.9 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents.

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