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Scenes after the Surrender: the Rebel Army Dispersing and Returning to their Homes (Capture of Petersburg) Item Info
- Title:
- Scenes after the Surrender: the Rebel Army Dispersing and Returning to their Homes (Capture of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- April 16, 1865
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Scenes after the surrender // The rebel army dispersing and returning to their homes // Scene on the Southside RR April 16th // For miles along the road straggling lines of rebels could be seen slowly making their way to City Point, Richmond and Petersburg to reach home by various routes // [Signed] J.B. // Line 6 inches wide."
- Subjects:
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America.--Army
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal creases; ripping along upper and lower margins; loss of paper along all corners; smudging on lower right corner.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13. 25 x 9.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-4/16/65c (Box 3.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4636
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-4/16/65c
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Scenes after the Surrender: the Rebel Army Dispersing and Returning to their Homes (Capture of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3047.html