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General Sedgwick's Remains at Dr. Holmes Item Info
- Abstract:
- Killed by a Confederate sharpshooter.
- Title:
- General Sedgwick's Remains at Dr. Holmes
- Artist:
- Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
- Date:
- May 9, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Dr. Holmes // Embalming Room No Admittance // w. satin // Dark // light blue Reserve Corps // Light Blue // Guard at Door // miserable looking room // Gen. Sedgwick's remains at Dr. Holmes.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Sedgwick, John,--1813-1864--Death and burial
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; some loss of paper along right margin; dog ears at lower corners; short rip at upper margin.
- Place:
- Virginia
- Medium:
- Graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 6.5 x 10 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.4315734, -78.6568942
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-5/9/64 (Box 9.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4802
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JT-VA-5/9/64
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Coffin Flag Uniform Wounded
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "General Sedgwick's Remains at Dr. Holmes", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2956.html