Rebel Forts at Petersburg [VA]

Title

Rebel Forts at Petersburg [VA]

Abstract

Artist

Date

No date

Transcription

Recto: No text.
Verso: "Rebel forts at Petersburg // As seen from Fort Wilcox the men busy repairing the works and mounting new guns. The one on the right hand mounted with a heavy rifled gun. These forts are on the second line of Rebel defense which the Union troops failed to carry on the 30th."

Condition

Three folds; stains.

Medium

graphite on paper

Dimensions

9.5 x 6.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-UK-VA-ND-13 (Box 10).

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4935

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-UK-VA-ND-13

Citation

“Rebel Forts at Petersburg [VA],” The Becker Collection, accessed April 25, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2842.