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Map Sketch showing the positions of the redoubts and batteries of the lines of the U.S. Forces in front of Petersburg

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Title

  • Sketch showing the positions of the redoubts and batteries of the lines of the U.S. Forces in front of Petersburg

Names

  • United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Department.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.? : Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department], Oct'r 25th 1864.

Headings

  • -  Petersburg Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Virginia--Petersburg Region--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Virginia--Petersburg Region--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Petersburg Region

Genre

  • Maps
  • Salted paper prints--1861-1865

Notes

  • -  Shows fortifications and names of some residents.
  • -  Negative sun print with pencil annotations, on irregularly shaped sheet made from 2 sheets (32 x 36 cm and 34 x 47 cm) unevenly pasted together.
  • -  Following the word "Official:" is an effaced inscription "N. Michler ... [illegible]".
  • -  Civil War salted paper maps.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Holes and liquid staining throughout. Torn right edge along fold line.
  • -  Acquisitions control no.: 1995-39.

Medium

  • 1 map : photocopy ; 65 x 65 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3884.P4S5 1864 .U53

Source Collection

  • Keifer, Joseph Warren, 1836-1932. Joseph Warren Keifer map collection

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2007627332

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department. Sketch showing the positions of the redoubts and batteries of the lines of the U.S. Forces in front of Petersburg. [Washington, D.C.?: Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department, Oct'r 25th, 1864] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2007627332/.

APA citation style:

United States Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department. (1864) Sketch showing the positions of the redoubts and batteries of the lines of the U.S. Forces in front of Petersburg. [Washington, D.C.?: Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department, Oct'r 25th] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2007627332/.

MLA citation style:

United States Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department. Sketch showing the positions of the redoubts and batteries of the lines of the U.S. Forces in front of Petersburg. [Washington, D.C.?: Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department, Oct'r 25th, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2007627332/>.