Featured in this lot is this after Edwin Forbes etching called "Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., On The Morning of Sunday, December 13th, 1862" and was copyrighted in 1885. The etching features The pre battle scene of soldiers and cavalry mobilizing for the battle. The bottom of the etching is marked as follows: Premium Plate No. 6, Presented to Subscribers to "The Soldier In Our Civil War." - Battle of Fredericksburg, VA., On The Morning of Sunday, December 13th, 1862, - Between The Federal Troops Commanded by General Burnside and the Confederated Under General Lee. - From a Sketch by Edwin Forbes - Copyrighted, 1885, By The J. H. brown Publishing Company. The Battle of Fredericksburg was a five-day battle in December 1862 during the American Civil War. It was a major defeat for the Union Army and one of the deadliest battles of the war. Major General Ambrose Burnside led the Union Army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock River into Fredericksburg, Virginia. The battle resulted in a Confederate victory. Forbes was born in New York, studied under Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait, and began as an animal and landscape painter. During the Civil War, he was special artist for Frank Leslie's Magazine. Many of the spirited etchings he drew during the conflict were later presented by General Sherman to the government. They are now preserved in the War Office at Washington because of their historic value. After the war, Forbes painted landscape and cattle scenes, among which are "Orange County Pasture" (1879) and "Evening—Sheep Pasture" (1881). In 1877 he was made an honorary member of the London Etching Club. The condition of this Edwin Forbes etching is preserved with some tears tot he left edge of the piece with some wrinkling to the paper but otherwise is in preserved condition. The measurements of this etching is 13 1/8" x 32 3/4". The collective weight of this etching is U4oz.