179th New York Volunteer Infantry
A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign
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chapter 15
September 30, 1864

A Cheering Sight

David McM. Gregg

Elihu Linkletter

Looking Left on the Weldon Railroad

New Picket Line

Poplar Spring Overview

Major Roads and Rail Lines

Poplar Spring 5PM

Poplar Spring 7PM

Poplar Spring 1 October

Poplar Spring Forts

October 8, 1864

Church

S.G. Griffin

Willcox Staff

Western Front

Looking Left on the Weldon Railroad
Siege of Petersburg - View of the Position on Weldon Railroad from the Center of the Line Looking Left

Ref No.: (Becker)CW-AM-VA-10/1/64c
Artist: McCallum, Andrew.
Date: October 1, 1864.
Medium: graphite on wove paper ;
Original Size: 13.25 x 9.5 in.
Transcribed Text:

Recto: "View of the position on Weldon Railroad from the centre of the line looking to the left of it //
[1 Redo] ? of 19th NY Battery // [2] lines of 9th and 5th Corps // [3] Redoubts on the line // 4 Fort on left of line //
5 Weldon Railroad // 6 Blick House // 7 magazine // 8 case shot airing // 9 picket line // Rogers 19th NY Battery //
[different hand] 6 inch Page 13."
Verso: no text.

Condition: Loss of paper upper left and lower right corners; dog ears at upper right and lower left; four vertical folds.
Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States

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