A View of Our New Picket Line (Battle of Poplar Springs - Peeble's Farm)
Ref No.: (Becker)CW-JB-VA-10/11/64a
Artist: Becker, Joseph
Date: October 11, 1864.
Medium: graphite on wove paper ;
Original Size: 13.5 x 9.75 in.
Transcribed Text:
Recto: no text.
Verso: "View of our new line of works on the right and center looking [out on] our picket line // 1 Squirrel level road
 2 Rebel fort and intrenchments [sic] captured on Friday the 29th Sept 3 Peebles house and farm
4 Rebel fort and line of works captured in the charge made by the 5th Corps on Friday // Sketched Oct 11th 64 // [Signed] J.B."
Condition: Poor; vertical folds; loss of paper on left margin and upper right corner; rip along fold on right.
Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
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