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Beginning of the Battle (Poplar Springs Church - Peeble's Farm) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Very rough battle field scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/22/1864, p. 72-3.
- Title:
- Beginning of the Battle (Poplar Springs Church - Peeble's Farm)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 30, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: Panel b: "5th Corps // Smoke from battlefield // Ambulances // Weldon Road." Panel bb: "5 Corps // Deserted camp // Old line of works // 9th corps.";Verso: Panel b: "Sketch from Blick House // Army advancing into the wood in the line of battle // Friday 30th." Panel bb: "Sketch taken from the Blick House showing the Army advancing into the woods in the line of battle // Beginning of the Battle Friday 30th // on the left // see papers // I shall send plenty tomorrow or next day."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Peeble's Farm, Battle of, Va., 1864
- Condition:
- Panel b: central vertical fold Panel bb:central vertical fold; hole in lower left corner.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- each panel 10 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/30/64b + bb (Box 2.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4592
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/30/64b + bb
- Collection:
- Panoramas and Landscapes
- Tags:
- Battlefield panorama Weldon Road
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Beginning of the Battle (Poplar Springs Church - Peeble's Farm)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2205.html