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Race for the City, Monday, April 3rd (Capture of Petersburg) Item Info
- Abstract:
- Battle schematic.
- Title:
- Race for the City, Monday, April 3rd (Capture of Petersburg)
- Artist:
- Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
- Date:
- April 3, 1865
- Transcription:
- Recto: no text.;Verso: "Capture of Petersburg // Race for the city on the morning of Monday, Apr 3rd by our skirmishers up the Petersburg Turnpike // [Signed] J.B."
- Subjects:
- Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865 Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Condition:
- Bad stain and rip along horizontal crease on right margin; dog ear on upper right corner.
- Place:
- Virginia--Dinwiddie--Petersburg
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 10 x 6.25 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-4/3/65 (Box 3.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4631
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-JB-VA-4/3/65
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Race for the City, Monday, April 3rd (Capture of Petersburg)", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/3043.html