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The "Tigers" of the Bloody Ninth Item Info
- Title:
- The "Tigers" of the Bloody Ninth
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- July 1861
- Transcription:
- Recto: "The 'Tigers' of the Bloody Ninth. // No. 1. // Ind. Voluns wear gray hats, gray jackets, pants black collars, shoulder straps, wristbands.";Verso: "The Skirmishing at Bealington [sic] showed the daring courage of the Indiana and Ohio troops in the most [illegible]. // Sketch No. 2 will give the topography of the position at Bealington [sic]. // No. 1 is a sketch of some skirmishers of the Indiana 9th R.V. Col. Milroy Numbers of the 7th [inserted] Col. Dumond, 9th [inserted] Col. Milroy Ind. and 14th [ins.] Col. Stedman Oh. participated in the fight. // The Cinc. Commerc. & Gazette have Correspondents, get the facts from those papers. I am nearly worn out, no sleep, and long rides have me very tired. // Sketches from Beverly road next mail. I have to send letters by 'chance' messengers. // Sketch of the great skirmish at Bealington was sent two days ago, description in Gazette or Commercial."
- Subjects:
- West Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Army--Indiana Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865) West Virginia Campaign, 1861
- Condition:
- Two horizontal folds; dog ears at three corners.
- Place:
- West Virginia--Barbour--Belington
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 7.75 x 10.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 39.0251028, -79.9356301
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-WV-7/61c (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4482
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-WV-7/61c
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Figures Skirmishers Uniform
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "The "Tigers" of the Bloody Ninth", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2870.html