Petersburg and City Point Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)

Item Information

Title:
Petersburg and City Point Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)
Description:
Blacks at work with white supervisors.
Creator:
Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910
Date:
September 2, 1864
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Location:
Boston College
Collection (local):
Becker collection
Subjects:
Railroad trains--Pictorial works--Virginia
History--Pictorial works--1864--1865--Petersburg (Va.)
History--African Americans--Pictorial works--1861--1865--Virginia
United States. Army
Places:
Virginia > Petersburg
Virginia > Fauquier (county) > Hopewell
Extent:
1 online resource (1 image)
Link to Item:
https://hdl.handle.net/2345/4568
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Condition: Strong central vertical fold, and uneven fold across top margin; ripping along left side and upper margins; stains; hole in lower right.
Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/2/64c (Box 1.)
Physical description of original: graphite on wove paper ; 9.75 x 6.25 in.
Recto: no text.
Verso: "Sept 2 // Scene on the City Point Railroad // Landing supplies for Grant's Army // Near Petersburg // [Signed] Joseph Becker."
Identifier:
2345/4568
81489124650001021
99137908250801021
Call #:
E468.7