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Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel Pickets (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Battle schematic.
- Title:
- Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel Pickets (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September? 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel pickets on our line // The rebel pickets make frequent attempts to capture the signal stations from which I made those sketches a few days ago and have been successful several times and are always obliged to relinquish their hold by our reinforced pickets // [Signed] Joseph Becker."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Guard duty
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal creases; stains near upper left corner.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.5 x 5.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64l (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4591
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64l
- Collection:
- Panoramas and Landscapes
- Tags:
- Battle diagram Battlefield panorama
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel Pickets (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2215.html