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32 Pounder on Jamestown Road Item Info
- Title:
- 32 Pounder on Jamestown Road
- Artist:
- Allis, Solon M.
- Date:
- No date
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Solon M. Allis - Dec. - Cu.K. 27. Mass. // No 3 // 32 Pounder on Jamestown Road [VA]. This gun is manned by members of Co. D, 27th Mass - Corporal List 3rd NY acting gunner. He has made some splendid shots bursting shells inside the Rebel Batteries at the right and left of the House on Hill in the distance. At the right of platform is seen the Bomb proof into which the men retire when shells grow thick.";Verso: No text.
- Subjects:
- Jamestown (Va.)--History--19th century Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Artillery operations Fortification--Virginia--Jamestown
- Condition:
- Top left corner folded; top right corner torn; tear on top edge.
- Place:
- Virginia--Prince Edward--Jamestown
- Medium:
- graphite on paper
- Dimensions:
- 9.0 x 7.0 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2979308, -78.2883286
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-SMA-VA-ND (Box 10).
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/5044
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-SMA-VA-ND
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Artillery Cannon Fortifications
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "32 Pounder on Jamestown Road", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2837.html