Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel Pickets (Siege of Petersburg)
Title
Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel Pickets (Siege of Petersburg)
Abstract
Battle schematic.
Artist
Date
September? 1864
Transcription
Recto: no text.
Verso: "Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel pickets on our line // The rebel pickets make frequent attempts to capture the signal stations from which I made those sketches a few days ago and have been successful several times and are always obliged to relinquish their hold by our reinforced pickets // [Signed] Joseph Becker."
Subject
Condition
Vertical and horizontal creases; stains near upper left corner.
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
6.5 x 5.75 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Landscape drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
Source
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64l (Box 1.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4591
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64l
Collection
Citation
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Our Pickets repulsing an advance of the Rebel Pickets (Siege of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2215.