Reconstructing the Winchester Pike Railroad, Halltown, Virginia

Title

Reconstructing the Winchester Pike Railroad, Halltown, Virginia

Abstract

Date

1864

Transcription

Recto: "Laborers reconstructing the old Winchester VA R.R. for the purpose of supplying the Army this winter // It is now completed to within one mile of Summit Point - several raids have been made on this town lately - by Mobley & some lives lost - see papers // [in ink, different hand?] Halltown Va. // Loudon Heights // Marshy // Halltown."
Verso: No text, but what looks like some children's drawings that have been scribbled out and then erased.

Condition

Vertical folds; slight loss of paper at corners.

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

4.5 x 7 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

39.3139899, -77.7977719

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-1864b (Box 9.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4847

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JT-VA-1864b

Citation

Taylor, James E., 1839-1901, “Reconstructing the Winchester Pike Railroad, Halltown, Virginia,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 20, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2707.