179th New York Volunteer Infantry
A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign
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chapter 17
Religious Faith

Apostles Creed

Ninth Corps Chaplains

Divine Services

Ezra Tinker

Kneeling in Prayer

Prayer Meeting

Prayer Meeting
Evening Prayer Meeting at City Point (Siege of Petersburg)

Ref No.: (Becker)CW-JB-VA-9/2/64b
Artist: Becker, Joseph
Date: September 2, 1864.
Medium: graphite on wove paper ;
Original Size: 13.5 x 9.75 in.
Transcribed Text:

Recto: no text.
Verso: "[An] Evening Prayer Meeting in the Contraband Camp
at City Point // Brother John leads in prayer //
[Signed] Joseph Becker // Sept 2."

Condition: Poor; strong central vertical fold, ripping and loss of paper along right margin; brown stain in upper right quadrant.
Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States
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