An Incident in the 1st California Regt.

Title

An Incident in the 1st California Regt.

Abstract

Artist

Date

October 21, 1861

Transcription

Recto: "An incident in the 1st California Regt., Thursday, making a rough wooden coffin for Corporal Cogswell- killed at Ball's Bluff to be sent to Philadelphia his friends // California [banner reversed]."
Verso: No text.

Condition

Little hole on left side; tear on bottom right corner.

Place

Virginia

Medium

graphite on paper

Dimensions

9.25 x 7.0 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.4315734, -78.6568942

Source

Original drawing location: CW-UK-VA-10-21-61 (Box 10).

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4944

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-UK-VA-10-21-61

Citation

“An Incident in the 1st California Regt.,” The Becker Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2884.