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General View of the Battle of Strasburg Item Info
- Abstract:
- Wide battle panorama .
- Title:
- General View of the Battle of Strasburg
- Artist:
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
- Date:
- September 23, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "general view of the 'Battle of Strausburg [sic]' // position of 19th corps // 1st div/ 19th corps // Thursday 23rd // 'Round Hill' Reb signal station // Reb Batteries during the Battle // our advance Battery // Reb positions // Rebel front during the Morning of the Battle we drove them from & occupied this line at 2 o'c'k & held it till dark under a destructive fire, at dark we charged & skedaddled then // Fed-Bat // North Mountains // Crook & Averell com'ds 4 miles on the right // Beyond the woods where the hardest fighting took place // Shenandoah River // Banks Old Fort // Battery // Fisher Hill // Widow Kendrick.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fisher's Hill, Battle of, Va., 1864
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; uneven paper at bottom margin; rips along upper and left margin; dog ear at lower left; ink and other smudges in sky.
- Place:
- Virginia--Shenandoah--Strasburg Virginia--Shenandoah county--Fisher's Hill
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 4.75 x 13.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 38.9887199, -78.358616
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-9/23/64 (Box 9.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4810
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JT-VA-9/23/64
- Collection:
- Architecture and Townscapes
- Tags:
- Architecture Battle Landscape Rebel battery Shenandoah River
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "General View of the Battle of Strasburg", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2693.html