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Map Copy of a map military reconnaissance Dep't Va. : [Hampton Roads and Norfolk regions, Va.]

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Title

  • Copy of a map military reconnaissance Dep't Va. : [Hampton Roads and Norfolk regions, Va.]

Names

  • Worret, Ch.
  • Cram, Thomas Jefferson, 1807?-1883.
  • Hitchcock, Ethan Allen, 1798-1870.
  • United States. Army. Department of Virginia.

Created / Published

  • [1862]

Headings

  • -  Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va.--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  Norfolk Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Norfolk Region (Va.)--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  United States--Virginia--Hampton Roads Region
  • -  United States--Virginia--Norfolk Region
  • -  Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va

Notes

  • -  Map of the Hampton Roads vicinity showing Confederate fortifications/camps, settlements, city street patterns, roads, railroads, canals, streams, vegetation, and swamps.
  • -  "Note--This map shows the positions of the rebel forces and their batteries as they were some six weeks since."
  • -  Locates the "Minnesota 8 & 9 March 1862 on ground" and the "Monitor & Merrimac engagement on the 9th of March 1862".
  • -  Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and contours.
  • -  In lower margin at left: For Maj. Gen'l Hitchcock, U.S. Vol., with the regards of T.J. Cram.
  • -  Pen-and-ink (black/red) and watercolors (blue/green/orange).
  • -  Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn at central fold line.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 559
  • -  Includes text in lower margin and lengthy notes in map area.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : col., tracing linen ; 65 x 93 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3882.H3S5 1862 .W6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2003630497

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Worret, Ch, Thomas Jefferson Cram, Ethan Allen Hitchcock, and United States Army. Department Of Virginia. Copy of a map military reconnaissance Dep't Va.: Hampton Roads and Norfolk regions, Va. [1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2003630497/.

APA citation style:

Worret, C., Cram, T. J., Hitchcock, E. A. & United States Army. Department Of Virginia. (1862) Copy of a map military reconnaissance Dep't Va.: Hampton Roads and Norfolk regions, Va. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2003630497/.

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Worret, Ch, et al. Copy of a map military reconnaissance Dep't Va.: Hampton Roads and Norfolk regions, Va. [1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2003630497/>.