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Siege of Petersburg Item Info

Title:
Siege of Petersburg
Date:
1864
Transcription:
Recto: "Siege of Petersburg // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4.";Verso: "View of the lines of the two contending armies before Petersburg from Fort Milroy // 1 - second line of Rebel defense which the union troops failed to carry // 2 - Petersburg // 3 - Exploded mine and rebel line // 4 - Union line."
Subjects:
Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Condition:
One vertical and two horizontal folds; missing corners; tear at bottom of center fold.
Place:
Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
Medium:
graphite on paper
Dimensions:
13 x 9.5 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-UK-VA-64-3 (Box 10).
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4933
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-UK-VA-64-3
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Battle Landscape Tent
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Siege of Petersburg", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2950.html