Charge of African-American brigades, Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

07/12/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, November 25, 2014.

Depicted ContentPetersburg, VA

Depicted ContentIn Virginia, a spectacular Union attempt to break the siege of Petersburg ends in disaster in "The Battle of the Crater"

Image type

engraving

Original caption

General Grant's Campaign - Charge on Cemetery Ridge, after the Explosion, July 30, 1864 - Sketched by A.R. Waud

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, August 27, 1864, p. 548.

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