Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi - The Rebel Fortifications

Title

Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi - The Rebel Fortifications

Abstract

Large panorama.

Artist

Date

May 30, 1862

Transcription

Recto: "[different hand] Evacuation of Corinth, Miss. Rebel fortifications from the Northern angle looking South. Pursuit of the retreating rebels by National Cavalry under Gen. Smith. From a sketch etc. as above. // [Lovie's hand] Evacuation of Corinth The Rebel Fortifications. From the northern angle looking south. Pursuit by Gen. Smith's Cavalry."
Verso: no text.

Condition

Dog ears and loss of paper at all but upper right; vertical folds.

Medium

graphite on wove paper with brown ink writing

Dimensions

9 x 14 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

34.9342548, -88.5222702

Source

Original drawing location: CW-HL-MS-5/30/62b (Box 5.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4511

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-HL-MS-5/30/62b

Tags

Citation

Lovie, Henri, “Evacuation of Corinth, Mississippi - The Rebel Fortifications,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 15, 2024, https://lutro.bc.edu/items/show/2683.