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General McPherson's Expedition into Mississippi Item Info
- Abstract:
- Battle scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 12/12/1863.
- Title:
- General McPherson's Expedition into Mississippi
- Artist:
- Schell, Frederic B.
- Date:
- October 17, 1863
- Transcription:
- Recto: "(3) // Enemy position // cornfield.";Verso: "Gen. McPherson's expedition into Mississippi. Driving the enemy from their position on the morning of Saturday Oct. 17th - on the Canton Pond 10 miles beyond Brownsville."
- Subjects:
- Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at all corners but lower left; .
- Place:
- Mississippi--Madison--Canton
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper "(3)" in brown ink
- Dimensions:
- 9.5 x 13.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 32.6126381, -90.0367512
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-FBS-MS-10/17/63 (Box 7.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4777
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-FBS-MS-10/17/63
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Barn Battle Bridge Structure
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "General McPherson's Expedition into Mississippi", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2944.html