179th New York Volunteer Infantry
A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign
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chapter 12
Low Point (August 1864)

Aiken House

Colquitt

Blick Station

Map of Eastern Lines 28 August 1864

City Point Explosion

John Parke

Weldon Picket Lines

Weldon Railroad

Willcox HQ, August 1864

Weldon Railroad
Siege of Petersburg - Scenes of the Construction of Grant's Railroad.
Looking down the Weldon RR from the Junction with Grants RR at Blick House

Ref No.: (Becker)CW-AM-VA-10/1/64b
Artist: McCallum, Andrew.
Date: October 1, 1864.
Medium: graphite on wove paper ;
Original Size: 12.25 x 2.75 and 6.75 in.
Transcribed Text:

Recto: [Four vignettes, each with a caption]
"Crossing Jerusalem Plank Road // [Pass]ing the Gurley House // Looking down the Weldon RR from the junction with
Grant's RR at Blick House // Terminus and junction with Weldon RR at Blick Station.
Verso: no text.

Condition: Large section torn from upper left
(prob. by artist); loss of paper at left lower corner;
dog ear at lower right; folds.
Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
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