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Dedication of a Monument to the Memory of the New Hampshire Regiment in the Battle of Winchester Item Info

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Abstract:
Image of blacks; highly rendered scene.
Title:
Dedication of a Monument to the Memory of the New Hampshire Regiment in the Battle of Winchester
Artist:
Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
Date:
April 10, 1865
Transcription:
Recto: "used // ruins of church // people's cemetery // [signed] Taylor Del // Ape 10th.";Verso: "Dedication of a monument to the memory of 50 heroes of the 14th New Hampshire killed in the Battle of Winchester - on the 10th of Apre the ceremony took place before a large audience Col. L.D. Mason - state agent for N. Hampshire delivered the Oration - Rev. W.F. Ward summarized - the following epitaph is on the eastern face of the shaft: 'New Hampshire erects this monument to the memory of her Brave sons of her 14th Regt, who fell in Battle Sept 19th 1864 upon this field & are here buried in a one common grave' - 37 bodies are beneath this tomb stone - 13 more are scattered through the Cemetery - making in all 50 souls from the one reg't - this monument stands at the North east angle of the soldier's cemetery - Messrs Wood & Taylor Embalmers, superintended the arrangement of this ceremony I am indebted to them for favors - please mention them." Light sketch of houses.
Subjects:
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864
Condition:
Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at lower left; dog ears at upper right; pin holes on left margin; foxing.
Place:
Virginia--Winchester
Medium:
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:
9.25 x 12 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
39.1856597, -78.1633341
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-JT-NC-4/10/65 (Box 9.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4854
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-JT-NC-4/10/65
Collection:
African-Americans
Tags:
African-American Architecture Children Flag
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Dedication of a Monument to the Memory of the New Hampshire Regiment in the Battle of Winchester", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2645.html
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