179th New York Volunteers

179th New York Volunteer Infantry

A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign

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chapter 15

September 30, 1864

A Cheering Sight	David McM. Gregg	Elihu Linkletter	Looking Left on the Weldon Railroad	New Picket Line	Poplar Spring Overview	Major Roads and Rail Lines	Poplar Spring 5PM
Poplar Spring 7PM	Poplar Spring 1 October	Poplar Spring Forts	October 8, 1864	Church	S.G. Griffin	Willcox Staff	Western Front

Looking Left on the Weldon Railroad

Siege of Petersburg - View of the Position on Weldon Railroad from the Center of the Line Looking Left

Ref No.: (Becker)CW-AM-VA-10/1/64c
Artist: McCallum, Andrew.
Date: October 1, 1864.
Medium: graphite on wove paper ;
Original Size: 13.25 x 9.5 in.
Transcribed Text:

Recto: "View of the position on Weldon Railroad from the centre of the line looking to the left of it //

[1 Redo] ? of 19th NY Battery // [2] lines of 9th and 5th Corps // [3] Redoubts on the line // 4 Fort on left of line //

5 Weldon Railroad // 6 Blick House // 7 magazine // 8 case shot airing // 9 picket line // Rogers 19th NY Battery //

[different hand] 6 inch Page 13."
Verso: no text.

Condition: Loss of paper upper left and lower right corners; dog ears at upper right and lower left; four vertical folds.
Location: Petersburg, Dinwiddie, Virginia, United States