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Mount Jackson, Virginia, Showing the Cavalry Charge Item Info
- Abstract:
- Curious instance of an attempt to fake an eye-witness sketch.
- Title:
- Mount Jackson, Virginia, Showing the Cavalry Charge
- Artist:
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
- Date:
- October 10, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "north // 'Mt. Jackson,' [in ink] Va. // Masanetten Gap // Masanetten Gap // Trees // 5 miles distant // These mountains are five miles distant // stable // trees on distant mts // Reb hospital // Winchester Pike // Grass // Rebels // Dirt road // Manassas Gap RR // Custer & Merritt charging the Rebels through Mt. Jackson last Sunday morning Oct 10th // Grass // very windy // Dirt Road" .";Verso: "I left the front Saturday Morning - supposing there would be nothing doing in the Military line - to go to Baltimore for funds & necessaries - a cavalry fight took place that very evening - the wind blew a Hurricane & continued so till Monday morning - my leaving Strasburg in the morning prevented me seeing the affair but I thought enterprise demand something so I sketched the conclusion of the charge on the spot at Mt. Jackson (ie Baltimore) the sketch of the Town was taken as the army felel back & is a correct view - it shows where you enter the town from the north by the Winchester pike - Here the Manassas Gap Rail Road terminates - the intention was to have completed it to Staunton - all that is necessary is to make a fight to complete the picture - Mt. Jackson was used by the rebels as a vast Hospital in connection with the Shenandoah Raid. 4 large Hospitals were built - by Jackson, I believe, three of which are represented in the sketch_ // [signed] J. E. Taylor."
- Subjects:
- Mount Jackson (Va.)--History--19th century United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at upper left and dog ear at lower right.
- Place:
- Virginia--Shenandoah--Mount Jackson
- Medium:
- Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper with ink writing
- Dimensions:
- 7.5 x 18 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 38.7459482, -78.6422377
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-10/10/64 (Box 9.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4841
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JT-VA-10/10/64
- Collection:
- Architecture and Townscapes
- Tags:
- Architecture Cavalry Hospital Landscape Railroad
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Mount Jackson, Virginia, Showing the Cavalry Charge", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2702.html