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Issuing Rations to Surrendered Rebels (Capture of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Rough sketch.
- Title:
- Issuing Rations to Surrendered Rebels (Capture of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- April 9, 1865
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Issuing rations to the rebel army after the surrender (Sunday afternoon 9th) by 5th Corp commissaries at Appomatox Court House // [Signed] J.B."
- Subjects:
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Army--Supplies and stores
- Condition:
- Horizontal and vertical creases; rips along upper and lower margins, loss of paper at all corners and upper margin; water stain on right half.
- Place:
- Virginia--Appomattox--Appomattox
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13.5 x 9.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.3570894, -78.8252911
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-4/9/65 (Box 3.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4632
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-4/9/65
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Confederate soldier Covered wagon
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Issuing Rations to Surrendered Rebels (Capture of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3044.html