A View of Our New Picket Line (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm)

Item Information

Title:
A View of Our New Picket Line (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm)
Description:
Schematic landscape.
Creator:
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
Date:
October 11, 1864
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Pictorial works--Virginia
Peeble's Farm, Battle of, Va., 1864--Pictorial works
History--Pictorial works--1864--1865--Petersburg (Va.)
History--Pictorial works--1861--1865--Virginia
Places:
Virginia > Petersburg
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4599
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Poor; vertical folds; loss of paper on left margin and upper right corner; rip along fold on right.
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-10/11/64a (Box 2.)
Physical description of original: graphite on wove paper ; 13.5 x 9.75 in.
Recto: no text.
Verso: "View of our new line of works on the right and center looking [out on] our picket line // 1 Squirrel level road 2 Rebel fort and intrenchments [sic] captured on Friday the 29th Sept 3 Peebles house and farm 4 Rebel fort and line of works captured in the charge made by the 5th Corps on Friday // Sketched Oct 11th 64 // [Signed] J.B."
Identifier:
2345/4599
81489124650001021
99137908163501021
Call #:
E468.7