Arrival of Rebel Prisoners to Bridgeport, Alabama

Title

Arrival of Rebel Prisoners to Bridgeport, Alabama

Abstract

Large worked drawing.

Date

November 30th, 1863

Transcription

Recto: no text.
Verso: "Arrival of Reb prison [sic] to Bridgeport, from the Front, the 30th November 186[3] // by J.F.E. Hillen // Our men supplying the prisoners with bread and tobacco - quite different from the treatment our men receive from the Rebs -."

Condition

Rips along margins; brown speckles on lower right corner.

Medium

graphite black ink black and blue ink wash on wove paper

Dimensions

14 x 8.75 in.

Genre

Drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

34.9475807, -85.7144155

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JH-AL-11/30/63 (Box 4.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4664

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JH-AL-11/30/63

Citation

Hillen, John Francis Edward, 1819-1865, “Arrival of Rebel Prisoners to Bridgeport, Alabama,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2199.