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A Day Among the Pickets (Siege of Petersburg) Item Info
- Title:
- A Day Among the Pickets (Siege of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- September 26, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "A day among the Pickets // A view of a portion of our skirmish line on the left // About one mile in front of our main line of works // (Relieving guard) // [Signed] J.B. Sept 26."
- Subjects:
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Guard duty Soldiers
- Condition:
- Excellent except for vertical and horizontal folds.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- 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-9/26/64b (Box 1.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4576
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/26/64b
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Pickets Wood frame building
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "A Day Among the Pickets (Siege of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3000.html