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Title: Battle of The Weldon Rail-Road August 21st 1864
Creator: Holland, R., artist
J.H. Bufford's Lith., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1859
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1864
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1869
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of Union and Confederate armies engaged along railroad tracks in the Battle of the Weldon Railroad (Battle of Globe Tavern) near Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864 during the American Civil War; central image shows firing line with cannons, with cavalry and horse drawn carts behind the lines; vignettes at top left and right captioned "August 18th" and "August 19th" show the progression of the battle.
Date supplied by cataloger based on item text and printer history. "J.H. Buffords' Lith. Boston."--text, bottom right margin. "Drawn by R. Holland."--text, bottom left margin. "Battery H, 1st N.Y. / Battery B, 1st N.Y. / Battery D, 5th U.S. / 5th N.Y. Regt. / 9th Mass. Battery / 16th Maine Regt."--text, bottom margin of image frame.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 54.61 x 75.57 cm (21 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MIL_000765
383327
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1047
Language: English
Subject: Battles--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Soldiers--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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