Civil War sketches reveal eye-witness views of battle

When some 23,000 soldiers died at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, Henri Lovie was there, fervently sketching the carnage. As he fled the Battle of Bull Run under heavy fire, Edwin Forbes cradled not a gun but a pencil and pad. And as African-Americans dug graves for Union soldiers, Joseph Becker captured their efforts with pencil lead. (Full article: 207 words)

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