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Map Colton's map of the seat of war in Virginia : showing minutely the interesting localities in the vicinity of Richmond Map of the seat of war in Virginia / Annotated in ink on verso: Seat of war in Virginia / Seat of war in Virginia

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Title

  • Colton's map of the seat of war in Virginia : showing minutely the interesting localities in the vicinity of Richmond

Other Title

  • Map of the seat of war in Virginia
  • Annotated in ink on verso: Seat of war in Virginia
  • Seat of war in Virginia

Names

  • Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874, collector

Created / Published

  • New York : Published by J.H. Colton, 1862

Headings

  • -  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia
  • -  United States--North Carolina

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Shows some fortifications.
  • -  Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
  • -  LC copy hand col. in red to show Virginia boundaries.
  • -  "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year [1862], by J.H. Colton, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York."
  • -  LC copy signed in ink in upper right corner: Millard Fillmore, Augt. 4, 1862.
  • -  Includes ill.
  • -  LC copy fold-lined and annotated in ink on verso: Millard Fillmore.
  • -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 456

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col. ; 50 x 48 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3881.S5 1862 .C6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2007627330

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Colton, J. H, and Millard Fillmore. Colton's map of the seat of war in Virginia: showing minutely the interesting localities in the vicinity of Richmond. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1862. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2007627330/.

APA citation style:

Colton, J. H. & Fillmore, M. (1862) Colton's map of the seat of war in Virginia: showing minutely the interesting localities in the vicinity of Richmond. New York: Published by J.H. Colton. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2007627330/.

MLA citation style:

Colton, J. H, and Millard Fillmore. Colton's map of the seat of war in Virginia: showing minutely the interesting localities in the vicinity of Richmond. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2007627330/>.