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Siege of Vicksburg - Battery McPherson

 


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Ref No.: (Becker)CW-FBS-MS-5-6/63b
Artist: Schell, Frederic B.
Date: May-June 1863.
Medium: Graphite on heavy gauge wove paper ;
Original Size: 9.5 x 13.5 in.
Transcribed Text:
  • Recto: "No. 2 // Maj. Gen. Logan's tent."
  • Verso: "Battery McPherson immediately adjoining Maj. Gen. Logan's Head Quarters Manned by Companies E & J 1st Infantry commanded by Capt R.H. Offley - & under the superintendence of Lieut. Dahlgren of the gun boat - 'Tuscumbia.'"
Condition: Vertical and horizontal folds; loss of paper on right corners and upper margin.
Location: Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States