Columbia, South Carolina, Sketched from Camp Sorgum

Title

Columbia, South Carolina, Sketched from Camp Sorgum

Abstract

Large panorama; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 4/8/1865.

Date

February 16, 1865

Transcription

Recto: "middle // 'Columbia' sketched from the 17th [Co]rps front near Camp Sorgum // [in ink] South Carolina // state capitol unfinished // Old state house // Line of Spartanburg RR // citadel // Congaree R."
Verso: "View of Columbia fro[m] the South bank of the Congar[ee River] sketched the morning of the 16th - Batteries of the 17[th] Corps are playing upon the city." Two sketches in grey ink, trees it seems."

Condition

Vertical and horizontal folds; uneven paper along bottom margin; rips along left and top margin; glue stains in sky.

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

5.25 x 13.25 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

34.0007104, -81.0348144

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JT-SC-2/16/65 (Box 9.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4852

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JT-SC-2/16/65

Citation

Taylor, James E., 1839-1901, “Columbia, South Carolina, Sketched from Camp Sorgum,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 18, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2672.