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Siege of Petersburg - View of the Position on Weldon Railroad from the Center of the Line Looking Left Item Info
- Abstract:
- In Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 10/1/1864.
- Title:
- Siege of Petersburg - View of the Position on Weldon Railroad from the Center of the Line Looking Left
- Artist:
- McCallum, Andrew
- Date:
- October 1, 1864
- Transcription:
- Recto: "View of the position on Weldon Railroad from the centre of the line looking to the left of it // [1 Redo] ? of 19th NY Battery // [2] lines of 9th and 5th Corps // [3] Redoubts on the line // 4 Fort on left of line // 5 Weldon Railroad // 6 Blick House // 7 magazine // 8 case shot airing // 9 picket line // Rogers 19th NY Battery // [different hand] 6 inch Page 13.";Verso: no text.
- Subjects:
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Condition:
- Loss of paper upper left and lower right corners; dog ears at upper right and lower left; four vertical folds.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 13.25 x 9.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-AM-VA-10/1/64c (Box 4.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4540
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-AM-VA-10/1/64c
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Cannon Military infrastructure Railroad Schematic drawing
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Siege of Petersburg - View of the Position on Weldon Railroad from the Center of the Line Looking Left", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3006.html