Brigadier General Rosencranz [i.e. Rosecrans] and Staff at Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia

Title

Brigadier General Rosencranz [i.e. Rosecrans] and Staff at Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia

Abstract

Artist

Date

July 1861

Transcription

Recto: "Gen Rosencranz [sic] & Staff at their Headquarters Clarksburg, Va. // Capt. Chs. Leib Quartermaster; Capt C. Kingsbury Jr. Aid de Camp [sic]; Joseph Darz, Jr. private secry; Capt. N. P. Richmond Adjutant; Brig. Gen. W. S. Rosecranz [sic]."
Verso: "Parkersburgh [sic] Va. // A letter will reach you from Headquarters containing biographical notes. I am on my to Cairo. Sketch of Clarksburg etc tomorrow. I will stop at Yellow Springs at Mrs. Rosecranz and get you a daguerrotype or photograph of the general. The sketch is very good likeness of all. Send me some large envelopes to Cairo immed. to Charles Hotel to be called for."

Condition

Loss of paper on left and lower right corners; stains at upper corners; rips along vertical and horizontal folds .

Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

14 x 9 in.

Genre

Portrait drawings--American--1860-1870
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

39.2806451, -80.3445340999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-HL-WV-7/61d (Box 5.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4483

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-HL-WV-7/61d

Citation

Lovie, Henri, “Brigadier General Rosencranz [i.e. Rosecrans] and Staff at Headquarters, Clarksburg, Virginia,” The Becker Collection, accessed December 12, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2871.