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Buckhannon - The March of McClellan's Column Item Info
- Title:
- Buckhannon - The March of McClellan's Column
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- July 1861
- Transcription:
- Recto: "The ground is perfectly level until just beyond the town where the hills rise gradually. // Outline of Rich (Ridge?) Mountain is 21 miles distant, where the rebels are now fortified they [sic] mountains show in a faint blue mass. // Rich Mountain 21 miles. // Beverly Road McClellan's column advancing. // Bridge over Buckhannon River. // Another page. // Buckhannon the March of McClellan's Column. // Clarksburg Road make troops coming on.";Verso: (overleaf) "Buckhannon, the march of McClellan's Column. County seat, Upshur County, Va. 28 miles from Clarksburg, 30 miles from Beverly. 400 inh. 366 majority for Union in County. grazing county, coal."
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Buckhannon (W. Va.) West Virginia Campaign, 1861
- Condition:
- Ripping and dirty along left, lower, and right margins; two sheets glued together.
- Place:
- West Virginia--Upshur--Buckhannon
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 7.75 x 14.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 38.9939872, -80.2320276
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-WV-7/61b (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4481
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-WV-7/61b
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Buckhannon - The March of McClellan's Column", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2869.html