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Siege of Vicksburg - Battery McPherson Item Info

Abstract:
None.
Title:
Siege of Vicksburg - Battery McPherson
Artist:
Schell, Frederic B.
Date:
May-June 1863
Transcription:
Recto: "No. 2 // Maj. Gen. Logan's tent.";Verso: "Battery McPherson immediately adjoining Maj. Gen. Logan's Head Quarters Manned by Companies E & J 1st Infantry commanded by Capt R.H. Offley - & under the superintendence of Lieut. Dahlgren of the gun boat - 'Tuscumbia.'"
Subjects:
Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863 United States--Army--Infantry Regiment, 1st (1796-1815) Ordnance--History--19th century
Condition:
Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper on right corners and upper margin.
Place:
Mississippi--Warren--Vicksburg
Medium:
Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper
Dimensions:
9.5 x 13.5 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
32.3526456, -90.877882
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-FBS-MS-5-6/63b (Box 7.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4774
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-FBS-MS-5-6/63b
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Fortifications Furniture
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Siege of Vicksburg - Battery McPherson", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2928.html