Burnside's Troops Crossing into Virginia

Title

Burnside's Troops Crossing into Virginia

Abstract

Panorama.

Date

October 27th, 1862

Transcription

Recto: "Breastwork."
Verso: "Sketch of the pontoon bridge at Berlin, Gen. Burnsides troops crossing into Virginia on Monday Oct. 27th/62 // [Signed] E.F."

Condition

Bad loss of paper on upper right corner; rips; dog ears; stains.

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

11.5 x 8.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

36.8576503, -76.9774611

Source

Original drawing location: CW-EF-VA-10/27/62 (Box 4.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4657

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-EF-VA-10/27/62

Collection

African-Americans

Citation

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895, “Burnside's Troops Crossing into Virginia,” The Becker Collection, accessed December 24, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2642.