Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road and Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)

Title

Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road and Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg)

Abstract

Date

September? 1864

Transcription

Recto: "House of W.W. Davis // Low pines // Open field // Corn // Ruins of W.P. Davis House // Rebel line of works // The Rebel pickets' rifle pits // Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road // Weldon Railroad // Union rifle pits."
Verso: no text; very loose landscape sketch with house in foreground.

Condition

Poor; central vertical fold; loss of paper along right margin and left corners; bad rip in left half.

Medium

graphite and ink wash on wove paper

Dimensions

13.5 x 9.5 in.

Genre

Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870
Landscape drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-JB-VA-9/64c (Box 1.)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4582

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/64c

Citation

Becker, Joseph, 1841-1910, “Halifax & Petersburg Pike Road and Weldon Railroad (Siege of Petersburg),” The Becker Collection, accessed November 24, 2024, https://lutro.bc.edu/items/show/2977.