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Grand Review of the 19th Corps by Sheridan Item Info

Title:
Grand Review of the 19th Corps by Sheridan
Artist:
Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
Date:
August 8, 1864
Transcription:
Recto: "drizzly rain // grand review of the 19th Corps by Sheridan monday [sic] 8th inst // Merrit // Torbert the vainest man in the army very large shoulders strap wide sash - jacket - silver mounted saddle // North Mts // spectators on pike // Col. of the Duryeas // flag was in first battallion // distant woods // men // Emery sandy [illeg.] Black Cloak White horse // Sheridan Black Horse a beauty // Second Duryea Zouaves Curry's Brigade // Brigade band.";Verso: No text.
Subjects:
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Sheridan, Philip Henry,--1831-1888
Condition:
Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at all corners; rip along central fold on left margin; rips along bottom margin.
Place:
Virginia
Medium:
Graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:
9.75 x 13.25 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
37.4315734, -78.6568942
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-8/8/64 (Box 9.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4803
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-JT-VA-8/8/64
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Band Curry Flag Horses Music Uniform Zouaves
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Grand Review of the 19th Corps by Sheridan", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2966.html