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Union Soldiers' Cemetery at Glendale or Fraziers Farm Item Info
- Abstract:
- Panorama.
- Title:
- Union Soldiers' Cemetery at Glendale or Fraziers Farm
- Artist:
- Bonwill, Charles E. H., b. ca. 1836
- Date:
- June 1863
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Union Soldiers Cemetery at Glendale or Fraziers Farm // [different hand?] // H col - Used.";Verso: "'Glendale Church' is 4 miles from Malvern Hill - and was the scene of a desperate battle in 62 - & a day previous to the battle of the latter place - within this cemetery are deposited the remains of what union soldiers can be identified from the battle fields of White Oak Swamp - Glendale Church or Fraziers [sic] Farm as some call it) & Malvern Hill - also come from Harrisons Landing about 3000 bodies and within this yard - Mr. S. Hibler & J. Newcomb superentend [sic] its erection - to these gentlemen I am indebted for favors - The Anniversary of these battles will be around about the 25th of June - would it not be a good idea to devote a page to these cemeteries and the Gaines Mill ruins also Glendale Church? the cemetery fence encloses 2 acres of ground."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties Cemeteries--Virginia
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; pin holes left margin; tangent fold at lower right corner; staining at left margin.
- Place:
- Virginia
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 5.5 x 9.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.4315734, -78.6568942
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-CB-VA-6/63 (Box 7.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4684
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-CB-VA-6/63
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Fence Flag Structure
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Union Soldiers' Cemetery at Glendale or Fraziers Farm", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2927.html