A page from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, published between 1861
and 1865, a sheet from that newspaper using a woodcut engraving, scanned
by the author.
The text below the image in the original reads:
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA -- ROEMER'S BATTERY, THIRD DIVISION, NINTH ARMY CORPS,
SHELLING PETERSBURG.
Our readers will be able to study the siege of Petersburg in our illustrations as they did that of Vicksburg. It is
one of those cases where pictorial illustration has an advantage over mere verbal accounts. Here we see the
Thirty-fourth New York Battery (Roemer's) and the Seventh Maine (Twitchell's), of Wilcox's Third Division
of Burnside's Ninth Army Corps, shelling the city of Petersburg itself as it stands in full sight, and less than three miles off.
Note: Third Division was commanded by Willcox.
This illustration is from the July 30, 1864, during which the batteries were firing on Confederate gun positions to support the infantry charge.
The engraving was based on a sketch by Andrew McCallum, which can be found at the Becker Collection, Boston, MA (ref no: (Becker)CW-AM-VA-7/30/64a
The verso explains:
1) Direction of Petersburg distance about 1 1/2 miles
2) Rebel line with forts
3) Norfolk and Petersburg RR
4) Our skirmish line
5) Our front line of intrenchment
6) Barn with Batter in front of it
7) 7 & 8 Capts Roemers and Twitchells Batteries 134th of NY and 7th of Me
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