497596 The rear of the column, 1876 (etching) by Forbes, Edwin Austin (1839-95); 47.9x60.5 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club, while he travelled with the Union Army from 1862-1865. 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 horseman. Depicts a black man, possibly a freed slave, among the lead figures. ); 穢 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ; American, out of copyright.