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Battle near Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Rough battle schematic; d and e originally together.
- Title:
- Battle near Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 30, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: Panel d: "cotton field // road." Panel e: "Rebel Fort // 5 Guns // Hollow gro[u]nd // No artillery on our side // 5th Corps marching on the double quick 2 lines.";Verso: Panel d: "Poplar Springs Church // Sept 30th." Panel e: "Mr. Leslie I send a sketch of the battle near Poplar Springs Church // Sketched on the field while the battle was progressing this Friday afternoon Sept 30 // I also send you a sample of cotton bulb from the field in the foreground // more sketches tomorrow // [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Peeble's Farm, Battle of, Va., 1864
- Condition:
- Panel e: horizontal folds; rips along right and upper margin; loss of paper on left corners Panel d: poor; horizontal folds; loss of paper at all corners, with remains of adhesive on lower left.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- each panel 13.75 x 9.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/30/64d + e (Box 2.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4652
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/30/64d + e
- Collection:
- Panoramas and Landscapes
- Tags:
- Battlefield panorama
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Battle near Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2201.html