Siege of Petersburg - Ninth and Fifth Corps Picket Lines at Weldon Railroad
Title
Siege of Petersburg - Ninth and Fifth Corps Picket Lines at Weldon Railroad
Abstract
Panoramic scene of positions.
Artist
Date
September 24, 1864
Transcription
Recto: "[labeling a diagram of the landscape below] Picket line; line of the 9th abouts; Weldon RR; abattus; Weldon RR; 5th Army Corps; 5th Corps; Ditch of great fort 5th Corps."
Verso: no text; sketch of cook pot hanging on a pole suspended between two sticks.
Condition
Loss of paper at left corners; three vertical folds and tears along one; smudging and minor speckling.
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
13.25 x 9.5 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
37.2279279, -77.4019266999999
Source
Original drawing location: CW-AM-VA-9/24/64a (Box 4.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4537
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-AM-VA-9/24/64a
Citation
McCallum, Andrew, “Siege of Petersburg - Ninth and Fifth Corps Picket Lines at Weldon Railroad,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 24, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/2996.