General View of the Union Lines
New York artist Edwin Forbes covered the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Civil War sketch artists traveled with the armies, sharing the dangers and hardships of soldiers in the field. This painting depicts a camp scene on Little Round Top shortly before the ill-fated Confederate attack known as “Pickett’s Charge.”
New York artist Edwin Forbes covered the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac for <em>Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper</em>. Civil War sketch artists traveled with the armies, sharing the dangers and hardships of soldiers in the field. This painting depicts a camp scene on Little Round Top shortly before the ill-fated Confederate attack known as “Pickett’s Charge.”