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Map Map of the first & second division of the James River & Kanawha Canal.

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Title

  • Map of the first & second division of the James River & Kanawha Canal.

Names

  • Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office.

Created / Published

  • [S.l. : Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V., 1863].

Headings

  • -  Gilmer, Jeremy Francis,--1818-1883--Map collection
  • -  James River (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
  • -  United States--Virginia--James River and Kanawha Canal
  • -  United States--Virginia--James River

Notes

  • -  "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map.
  • -  Extends from Richmond west to Buchanan, Va., indicating the streams feeding into the James and the locations of roads, which are indentified.
  • -  Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911.
  • -  Manuscripts o.s.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. on linen ; 57 x 163 cm. on 2 sheets.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

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Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office. Map of the first & second division of the James River & Kanawha Canal. [S.l.: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V, 1863] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00369/.

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Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office. (1863) Map of the first & second division of the James River & Kanawha Canal. [S.l.: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00369/.

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Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office. Map of the first & second division of the James River & Kanawha Canal. [S.l.: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00369/>.