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Battle of Spotsylvania Item Info
- Abstract:
- Rather hurried and very schematic; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 5/20/1864 (dated 5/16/1864).
- Title:
- Battle of Spotsylvania
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- May 10, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Small pine trees our skirmishers behind // Pine woods filled with rebels // The woods filled with rebels // Union battery dashing across // Burnside's 9th corps marching down the road to join in // [different hand] May 10th.";Verso: "Battle of Spotsylvania // View of Battle on the left // Tuesday afternoon // [different hand] 10th May." Sketch of a field wildflower.
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of, Va., 1864
- Condition:
- Old paper from adhesion to panel a.
- Place:
- Virginia--Spotsylvania--Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 9.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 38.2191268, -77.6143027
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-5/10/64b (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4559
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-5/10/64b
- Collection:
- Panoramas and Landscapes
- Tags:
- Battlefield panorama
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Battle of Spotsylvania", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2203.html