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Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road and Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Title:
- Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road and Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September? 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "House of W.W. Davis // Low pines // Open field // Corn // Ruins of W.P. Davis House // Rebel line of works // The Rebel pickets' rifle pits // Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road // Weldon Railroad // Union rifle pits.";Verso: no text; very loose landscape sketch with house in foreground.
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Railroads--Virginia
- Condition:
- Poor; central vertical fold; loss of paper along right margin and left corners; bad rip in left half.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite and ink wash on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13.5 x 9.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64c (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4582
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64c
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Battle diagram Tent Weldon Railroad
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road and Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2977.html