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Title

  • [Historical maps relating to the Battle of Birch Coulee, Minnesota 1862]

Names

  • Boyd, Robert K., 1845?-

Created / Published

  • [19--?]

Contents

  • [Detailed plan of defending position at the Battle of Birch Coulee, Minnesota 1862] -- [Map of Minnesota : with historical notes of activities in the southern part of the state around 1862] -- [Map of the vicinity of Birch Coulee Battle site 1862 : between Beaver Creek and Birch Coulee, Renville County, Minnesota].

Headings

  • -  Birch Coulee, Battle of, Minn., 1862--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  Dakota War, Minnesota, 1862
  • -  Minnesota--History--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  Renville County (Minn.)--History--Maps, Manuscript
  • -  United States--Minnesota--Birch Coulee, Battle of, Minn., 1862
  • -  United States--Minnesota--Renville County

Notes

  • -  Detail plan shows wagons in half circle and posting of horses killed, with drawings of wagons, officers tents, and dugouts pasted on.
  • -  Presumed to be prepared by Robert K. Boyd, a survivor of the battle.
  • -  Pen-and-ink and some crayon and watercolor.
  • -  Watermark: Dietzgen "Double Force" Germany.
  • -  Ancillary map pasted on in upper right corner of detailed plan: Sectional map, U.S. Survey : [shows direct line distance of 14 miles between Fort Ridgley and the battle grounds]. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. 1 in. = 1 mile.
  • -  Gift; David W. Cook and Dorothy Wampole; 1994.
  • -  Vault
  • -  Filed with map: [Photocopy of author's] The Battle of Birch Coulee : a wounded man's description of a battle with the Indians, c1925.
  • -  Acquisitions control no. 94-10

Medium

  • 3 maps on 2 sheets : 1 both sides, ms. ; sheets 109 x 105 cm. and 66 x 106 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G4142.B53S4 19-- .B6

Repository

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

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96687321

Online Format

  • image

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Boyd, Robert K., 1845?. Historical maps relating to the Battle of Birch Coulee, Minnesota. [19--?, 1900] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96687321/>.