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View of Rebel Works After the Battle (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Elaborated battle/landscape scene.
- Title:
- View of Rebel Works After the Battle (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- October 4, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: Panel a: "Rebel works", Panel b: "Rebel works // Fort".;Verso: Panel a: "View of the rebel works from our new line formed since the battle of Poplar Springs Church" Panel b: "View of the rebel works [fro]m ou[r] new line formed since the battle of Poplar Springs Church // Sketched from our picket line // Showing the W.W. Davis house a fort recently built by the rebels // The rebel sharpshooters fire on our man from the three holes observed in the roof // October 4th 64 [Signed] Joseph Becker // Looking in the direction of Petersburg." Small sketch of a wagon wheel.
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Peeble's Farm, Battle of, Va., 1864 Fortification--Virginia
- Condition:
- Good; horizontal folds and adhesive on connecting margins.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.75 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/4/64a + b (Box 2.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4596
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/4/64a + b
- Collection:
- Panoramas and Landscapes
- Tags:
- Battlefield panorama
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "View of Rebel Works After the Battle (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2224.html