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Sewell's Point Battery Item Info

Abstract:
With FHS-VA-5/18/62b, could be a later incident, a Federal demonstration, 5/8/62.
Title:
Sewell's Point Battery
Artist:
Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
Date:
May 18, 1861
Transcription:
Recto: "Secession Flag // Sewell's Point Battery.";Verso: No text.
Subjects:
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Sewells Point (Va.) Fortification--History--19th century
Condition:
Horizontal fold; stains at upper corners.
Place:
Virginia--Sewells Point
Medium:
Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper
Dimensions:
5.25 x 9 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
36.9548695999999, -76.3268873
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-FHS-VA-5/18/61a (Box 8.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4857
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-FHS-VA-5/18/61a
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Flag, Confederate Sailboat
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Sewell's Point Battery", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2865.html