Easton's Battery
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Title
Easton's Battery
Abstract
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Artist
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Date
1861
Transcription
Recto: "rebel cavalry retiring to draw on the union troops -- up the road // six cannons with caissons and horses // Dense woods / Rebel infantry // Easton's Battery on the high hill in the foreground to prevent the Enemy's Battery attacking our infantry in the advance -- and crossing the road which way the enemy expected to the union troops to assend [sic] // road // Dense Woods // Dense Woods // clearing // 6th Regt. Col. Ricketts // Thorntons House."
Verso: "Alabama [illegible] S Carolina."
Subject
Condition
Vertical fold mark in center; fold marks in corners.
Place
Medium
graphite and gouache on toned paper
Dimensions
20 x 7.0 in.
Genre
Drawings--American--1860-1870
Landscape drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
37.4315734, -78.6568942
Source
Original drawing location: CW-UK-VA-61-1 (Box 10).
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4932
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-UK-VA-61-1