Couriers En Route to Sherman's Army in Fayetteville (Wilmington Assault)
Title
Couriers En Route to Sherman's Army in Fayetteville (Wilmington Assault)
Abstract
Artist
Date
March 11, 1865
Transcription
Recto: no text.
Verso: "Couriers with large cavalry escort en route with dispatches for Sherman's Army at Fayetteville Preparing to cross the river at Wilmington on board the Gen Howard // [Signed] J.B. // March 11th, 65 // Fayetteville 140 miles from Wilmington and the head of navigation although no vessel of any size can reach within 80 miles of the place. Sherman will leave Fayetteville and strike across the country to Warsaw on the railroad running from Wilmington to Goldsboro at which place he will form a junction with Schofield and then proceed to invest the latter place. He will have two bases, one from Newberne and the other here. The men are working on this road night and day and I shall probably be with Sherman and Schofield in a weeks time // Yours, [Signed] Joseph Becker." Sketch of chickens? banjoes? West Virginia?
Subject
Condition
Poor; large brown stain over most of the surface.
Medium
graphite and ink wash on wove paper
Dimensions
9.75 x 6 in.
Genre
Drawings--American--1860-1870
Coordinates
34.2257255, -77.9447102
Source
Original drawing location: CW-JB-NC-3/11/65a (Box 3.)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4629
Ref. Number
(Becker)CW-JB-NC-3/11/65a