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Siege of Petersburg - Ninth and Fifth Corps Picket Lines at Weldon Railroad Item Info
- Abstract:
- Panoramic scene of positions.
- Title:
- Siege of Petersburg - Ninth and Fifth Corps Picket Lines at Weldon Railroad
- Artist:
- McCallum, Andrew
- Date:
- September 24, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "[labeling a diagram of the landscape below] Picket line; line of the 9th abouts; Weldon RR; abattus; Weldon RR; 5th Army Corps; 5th Corps; Ditch of great fort 5th Corps.";Verso: no text; sketch of cook pot hanging on a pole suspended between two sticks.
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865
- Condition:
- Loss of paper at left corners; three vertical folds and tears along one; smudging and minor speckling.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13.25 x 9.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-AM-VA-9/24/64a (Box 4.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4537
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-AM-VA-9/24/64a
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Military camps Military infrastructure Railroad Tent
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Siege of Petersburg - Ninth and Fifth Corps Picket Lines at Weldon Railroad", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2996.html