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Fight at Reams Station (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Battle schematic; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 9/17/1864, p. 412.
- Title:
- Fight at Reams Station (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- August 25, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "The works are made of earth and rails // Double line of rebels charging // Cornfield // Rebel batteries // Low underbrush // Full of figures and caissons // Soldiers straggling back.;Verso: "Fight at Reams Station on Thursday Aug 25 Time evening // Sketch is hasty but I have a good chance to send it off."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Fortification--Virginia
- Condition:
- Three vertical folds and crumbling at all corners; some smearing.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg Virginia--Dinwiddie county--Reams
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13 x 9.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-8/25/64b (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4564
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-8/25/64b
- Collection:
- Panoramas and Landscapes
- Tags:
- Battle diagram Battlefield panorama Cannon Wounded Soldier
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Fight at Reams Station (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2210.html