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Sketches near the Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Title:
- Sketches near the Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- August 30, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Sketches near the Weldon Railroad // A Fatigue or working party belonging to the 5th Corps on their way to the works in Front Aug 30th // [Signed] Joseph Becker // Pine woods."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 United States--Army--Military life
- Condition:
- Central horizontal fold; vertical fold near right margin; dog ears at lower corners; brown flecks on surface.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.5 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-8/30/64 (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4565
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-8/30/64
- Collection:
- Military Camp Life
- Tags:
- Infrastructure Shovel Weldon Railroad
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Sketches near the Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2014.html