One of the Mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the Crows Nest Battery
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Title
One of the Mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the Crows Nest Battery
Abstract
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Date
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Transcription
Recto: No text.
Verso: "One of the mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the 'Crows Nest' Battery. // Commanding the Canal being Cut at Dutch Gap By Major Ludlow of Butler's Staff // [signed] Edw. F. Mullen // The Mortar is an Iron [illegible] painted Black."
Condition
Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at three corners; dog ear at upper left; stain at lower left margin.
Medium
Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper
Dimensions
9 x 9.5 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
37.359871, -77.4152606
Source
Original drawing location: CW-EM-VA-NDa (Box 7.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4752
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-EM-VA-NDa
Citation
Mullen, E. F., “One of the Mammoth Sea Coast Mortars in the Crows Nest Battery,” The Becker Collection, accessed October 22, 2026, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2820.