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Seems to be the remnant of a larger sheet, both glued to left and ripped from right.
Title:
Battle of Strasburg - Charge of Crook's Corps
Artist:
Taylor, James E., 1839-1901
Date:
September 22, 1864
Transcription:
Recto: "Thursday 22 'Battle of Strasburg' // Three tops of Strasburg Mts // Distant fight 19th corps // Reb Battery // 6th corps charged here // Reb Battery // Reb rifle pit // Averill's cavalry charging // Thoburns Div carrying reb Batteries // Rebel fortifications // the 34th Mass - flag near the [illeg.]";Verso: "the two Divisions of Crooks charged Brigade front consequently there was two battle lines Col Wells was the advance Brigade of Thoburns Div and was the first to enter the works - Col wells [sic] reg't was [canceled: the first to] the 34 Mass Vols led the way (see point whe[re] the flag is visible) please indicate this both in the Cut & description - the Col (Wells) is very kind to me - & I think 'twill' be to our advantage to particularize him. he [sic] is in Com'd of a brigade & a gallant officer // [signed] Taylor // Averell Cavalry sept from right to left the rear of the infantries the hills on the extreme [illeg.] the pictu[re]."
Subjects:
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Fisher's Hill, Battle of, Va., 1864
Condition:
Horizontal folds; uneven paper along right margin; remains of glued paper on right .
Place:
Virginia--Shenandoah--Strasburg Virginia--Shenandoah county--Fisher's Hill
Medium:
Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper
Dimensions:
5 x 8.5 in.
Genre:
Image;StillImage
Coordinates:
38.9887199, -78.358616
Source:
Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-9/22/64 (Box 9.)
URI:
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4809
Ref. Number:
(Becker)CW-JT-VA-9/22/64
Collection:
America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
Tags:
Cavalry Flag Landscape Rebels
Format:
image/jpeg
Attribution
Citation:
"Battle of Strasburg - Charge of Crook's Corps", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2994.html
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