General View of the Battle of Strasburg

General View of the Battle of Strasburg

Wide battle panorama .

September 23, 1864

Recto: "general view of the 'Battle of Strausburg [sic]' // position of 19th corps // 1st div/ 19th corps // Thursday 23rd // 'Round Hill' Reb signal station // Reb Batteries during the Battle // our advance Battery // Reb positions // Rebel front during the Morning of the Battle we drove them from & occupied this line at 2 o'c'k & held it till dark under a destructive fire, at dark we charged & skedaddled then // Fed-Bat // North Mountains // Crook & Averell com'ds 4 miles on the right // Beyond the woods where the hardest fighting took place // Shenandoah River // Banks Old Fort // Battery // Fisher Hill // Widow Kendrick."

Verso: No text.

Vertical and horizontal folds; uneven paper at bottom margin; rips along upper and left margin; dog ear at lower left; ink and other smudges in sky.

Graphite on wove paper

4.75 x 13.25 in.

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Panoramic views--American--1860-1870

38.9887199, -78.358616

Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-9/23/64 (Box 9.)

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4810

(Becker)CW-JT-VA-9/23/64