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Rebels Firing on Union Train (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Panoramic landscape; Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/8/1864.
- Title:
- Rebels Firing on Union Train (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September? 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Rebel bottom // Ball strikes // tents.";Verso: "The Rebels opening on the train passing over the branch Road leading from the City Point to the Weldon Railroad from their batteries on Cemetery [sic] Hill // The rebels have a disagreeable practice of firing on the passing trains every day at this point but we are making preparations to throw up works protecting them // [Signed] J.B."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Military railroads--Virginia Transportation, Military--Virginia
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; remains of old adhesive at left and right margins; rip along horizontal fold at right margin.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg Virginia--Prince George county--City Point
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 6.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64a (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4580
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64a
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Infrastructure Tent
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Rebels Firing on Union Train (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2975.html