View of Rebel Works After the Battle (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm)

View of Rebel Works After the Battle (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm)

Elaborated battle/landscape scene.

October 4, 1864

Recto: Panel a: "Rebel works", Panel b: "Rebel works // Fort".

Verso: Panel a: "View of the rebel works from our new line formed since the battle of Poplar Springs Church" Panel b: "View of the rebel works [fro]m ou[r] new line formed since the battle of Poplar Springs Church // Sketched from our picket line // Showing the W.W. Davis house a fort recently built by the rebels // The rebel sharpshooters fire on our man from the three holes observed in the roof // October 4th 64 [Signed] Joseph Becker // Looking in the direction of Petersburg." Small sketch of a wagon wheel.

Good; horizontal folds and adhesive on connecting margins.

graphite on wove paper

9.75 x 6.5 in.

Landscape drawings--American--1860-1870

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/4/64a + b (Box 2.)

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4596

(Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/4/64a + b