The Advance on Petersburg - Colored Infantry Drawing Captured Guns to the Rear After the Fight

The Advance on Petersburg - Colored Infantry Drawing Captured Guns to the Rear After the Fight

February 9, 1864

Recto: No text.

Verso: "The Advance on Petersburg // Colored Infantry drawing the Captured rebel Guns to the Rear after the fight at the Rifle Pits // Men of the One Hundred days Regt Ohio Troops. Cheering them as they pass."

Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at lower margin; dog ears at all corners, bad at upper left; rips along upper and right margin; brown speckling on Verso, some on Recto.

Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper

9.75 x 13.25 in.

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Original drawing location: CW-EM-VA-2/9/64 (Box 7.)

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4648

(Becker)CW-EM-VA-2/9/64