Couriers En Route to Sherman's Army in Fayetteville (Wilmington Assault)

Title

Couriers En Route to Sherman's Army in Fayetteville (Wilmington Assault)

Abstract

Date

March 11, 1865

Transcription

Recto: no text.
Verso: "Couriers with large cavalry escort en route with dispatches for Sherman's Army at Fayetteville Preparing to cross the river at Wilmington on board the Gen Howard // [Signed] J.B. // March 11th, 65 // Fayetteville 140 miles from Wilmington and the head of navigation although no vessel of any size can reach within 80 miles of the place. Sherman will leave Fayetteville and strike across the country to Warsaw on the railroad running from Wilmington to Goldsboro at which place he will form a junction with Schofield and then proceed to invest the latter place. He will have two bases, one from Newberne and the other here. The men are working on this road night and day and I shall probably be with Sherman and Schofield in a weeks time // Yours, [Signed] Joseph Becker." Sketch of chickens? banjoes? West Virginia?

Condition

Poor; large brown stain over most of the surface.

Medium

graphite and ink wash on wove paper

Dimensions

9.75 x 6 in.

Genre

Drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

34.2257255, -77.9447102

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JB-NC-3/11/65a (Box 3.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4629

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JB-NC-3/11/65a

Collection

Citation

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Couriers En Route to Sherman's Army in Fayetteville (Wilmington Assault),” The Becker Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2737.