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Confederate Soldiers Taking the Oath of Allegiance Item Info
- Abstract:
- In Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/1/1864.
- Title:
- Confederate Soldiers Taking the Oath of Allegiance
- Artist:
- Mullen, E. F.
- Date:
- October 1, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "[signed] E. Mullen 1864 // Confederate prisoners Taking the Oath [of Allegiance].";Verso: "Administering the Oath of Allegiance to a Party of Rebel Deserters near 'Dutch Gap' Va. // [signed] Ed. F. Mullen // [different hand] line cut." 5 1/2 wide line.
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Military deserters--History--19th century Loyalty oaths
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; back rips along upper and lower margins; bad loss of paper at right margin and corners; dog ears at left corners; brown stain and pin hole at upper right.
- Place:
- Virginia--Chesterfield--Dutch Gap
- Medium:
- Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.75 x 13.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.359871, -77.4152606
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-EM-VA-10/1/64 (Box 7.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4750
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-EM-VA-10/1/64
- Collection:
- African-Americans
- Tags:
- African-American Ceremony Confederate soldier Tent Uniform
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Confederate Soldiers Taking the Oath of Allegiance", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2644.html