General McPherson's Expedition into Mississippi

Title

General McPherson's Expedition into Mississippi

Abstract

Battle scene; in Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper 12/12/1863.

Date

October 17, 1863

Transcription

Recto: "(3) // Enemy position // cornfield."
Verso: "Gen. McPherson's expedition into Mississippi. Driving the enemy from their position on the morning of Saturday Oct. 17th - on the Canton Pond 10 miles beyond Brownsville."

Condition

Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper at all corners but lower left; .

Medium

Graphite on wove paper "(3)" in brown ink

Dimensions

9.5 x 13.25 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

32.6126381, -90.0367512

Source

Original drawing location: CW-FBS-MS-10/17/63 (Box 7.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4777

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-FBS-MS-10/17/63

Citation

Schell, Frederic B., “General McPherson's Expedition into Mississippi,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 21, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2944.