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Antietam: The Fight at Poffinberger's Farm Item Info
- Abstract:
- Forest skirmish.
- Title:
- Antietam: The Fight at Poffinberger's Farm
- Artist:
- Schell, Francis H., 1834-1909
- Date:
- September 17, 1862
- Transcription:
- Recto: "The fight on Sumner's left at Poffinberger's Farm where the rebels covered themselves with every conceivable kind of shelter. The fight here was very sanguinary but of short duration as the rebels issued from the woods below in overwhelming force and turned the left flank, which was but a temporary advantage to them. The regiment in the foreground is Baxter's Fire Zouaves which occupied extreme left of Sedgwick's division. Battle of Antietam. Sept. 17, 1862.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Antietam (Md.) United States--Army--Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 72nd (1861-1864) Farmhouses--History--19th century
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; dog ear at lower left; splash stains at right lower corner.
- Place:
- Maryland--Washington--Antietam
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 13 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 39.416111, -77.7424999999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-FHS-MD-9/17/62a (Box 8.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4881
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-FHS-MD-9/17/62a
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Casualties Horses Trees
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Antietam: The Fight at Poffinberger's Farm", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2916.html