General View of the Battle of Strasburg

Title

General View of the Battle of Strasburg

Abstract

Wide battle panorama .

Date

September 23, 1864

Transcription

Recto: "general view of the 'Battle of Strausburg [sic]' // position of 19th corps // 1st div/ 19th corps // Thursday 23rd // 'Round Hill' Reb signal station // Reb Batteries during the Battle // our advance Battery // Reb positions // Rebel front during the Morning of the Battle we drove them from & occupied this line at 2 o'c'k & held it till dark under a destructive fire, at dark we charged & skedaddled then // Fed-Bat // North Mountains // Crook & Averell com'ds 4 miles on the right // Beyond the woods where the hardest fighting took place // Shenandoah River // Banks Old Fort // Battery // Fisher Hill // Widow Kendrick."
Verso: No text.

Condition

Vertical and horizontal folds; uneven paper at bottom margin; rips along upper and left margin; dog ear at lower left; ink and other smudges in sky.

Medium

Graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

4.75 x 13.25 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Panoramic views--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

38.9887199, -78.358616

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JT-VA-9/23/64 (Box 9.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4810

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JT-VA-9/23/64

Citation

Taylor, James E., 1839-1901, “General View of the Battle of Strasburg,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 14, 2024, https://lutro.bc.edu/items/show/2693.