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- GLC#
- GLC02199.18-View header record
- Type
- Images
- Date
- 1876
- Author/Creator
- Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
- Title
- The Rear of the Column
- 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 18." Depicts stragglers and wagon guards bringing up the rear while the wagon train is seen coming down the distant hill, with flankers thrown out to protect it from the enemy's horsemen. Depicts a Black man, possibly a freed enslaved person, among the lead figures. Actual size of the image without the margins is 28.3 x 40.7 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents.
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