Issuing Rations to Surrendered Rebels (Capture of Petersburg)
Title
Issuing Rations to Surrendered Rebels (Capture of Petersburg)
Abstract
Rough sketch.
Artist
Date
April 9, 1865
Transcription
Recto: no text.
Verso: "Issuing rations to the rebel army after the surrender (Sunday afternoon 9th) by 5th Corp commissaries at Appomatox Court House // [Signed] J.B."
Subject
Condition
Horizontal and vertical creases; rips along upper and lower margins, loss of paper at all corners and upper margin; water stain on right half.
Medium
graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
13.5 x 9.75 in.
Genre
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
37.3570894, -78.8252911
Source
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-4/9/65 (Box 3.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4632
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-JB-VA-4/9/65
Citation
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Issuing Rations to Surrendered Rebels (Capture of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed April 26, 2024, https://beckercollection.bc.edu/items/show/3044.