Siege of Petersburg

Title

Siege of Petersburg

Abstract

Artist

Date

1865

Transcription

Recto: "Siege of Petersburg // Railroads // Confederate Lines // Union Lines // James River // Fredericksburg R.R. // Richmond // Mechanicsville // Cold Harbor // Danville R.R. // Richmond // Gaines Mill // Chickahominy River // Manchester // Fair Oaks // York River R.R. // Seven Pines // Richmond & Petersburg R.R. // Chapins Bluff // Deep Bottom // Malvern Hill // Ft. Darling // Dutch Gap // Canal // Bermuda Hundreds // Point of Rocks // James River // City Point // City Point R.R. // Appomattox River // River Road // Petersburg // Southside R.R. // Cox Road // Five Forks // White Oak Road // Boydon Plank Road // Vachan Road // Weldon R.R. Norfolk R.R. // Dinwiddie C.H."
Verso: No text.

Condition

3 horizontal fold marks; crumpled around left corners.

Medium

graphite on tracing paper

Dimensions

6.75 x 10.75 in.

Genre

Maps--American--1860-1870
Graphite drawings--American--1860-1870

Coordinates

37.2279279, -77.4019266999999

Source

Original drawing location: CW-UK-VA-65-1 (Box 10).

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4926

Ref. Number

(Becker)CW-UK-VA-65-1

Tags

Citation

“Siege of Petersburg,” The Becker Collection, accessed November 24, 2024, https://lutro.bc.edu/items/show/3029.