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Map Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. [September 2, 1862]

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Title

  • Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. [September 2, 1862]

Names

  • Maynicke, Frank, d. 1864.

Created / Published

  • [S.l. : s.n.], 1862.

Headings

  • -  Greble, John Trout,--1834-1861
  • -  Maynicke, Frank,--d. 1864
  • -  United States.--Army--Military life--History--19th century
  • -  United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 99th (1861-1865)
  • -  Camp Greble (Norfolk, Va.)--Pictorial works
  • -  Norfolk (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Camp Greble (Norfolk)
  • -  United States--Virginia--Norfolk

Notes

  • -  Twenty-four locations are indexed including "Sutter & Gunmaker, "Photograph Shop," "House for Knapsacks," and "Bowling Alley." Tents of officers and various companies are identified as are cooking houses.
  • -  Camp Greble was named in honor of Lieutenant John Trout Greble killed at the Battle of Big Bethel, Virginia (June 10, 1861) and the first Union Army officer to die in the Civil War. In 1861, Frank Maynicke, a native-born Prussian, enlisted as a private in the New York State Volunteers (N.Y.S.V.). He was eventually transferred to Company F of the 99th N.Y.S.V., serving in the Union Coast Guard. In January 1864, he was captured near Smithfield, Va., and was a prisoner of war in Richmond, Va., and Andersonville, Ga.
  • -  Purchased from William Reese Company, New Haven, Conn., 14 November 2000. Accessioned 21 February 2001.
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : hand col., in part, drawn in pencil, index in ink ; 25 x 39 cm. on sheet 35 x 43 cm.

Repository

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

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Maynicke, Frank, D. 1864. Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. September 2. [S.l.: s.n, 1862] Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00398/.

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Maynicke, F. (1862) Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. September 2. [S.l.: s.n] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00398/.

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Maynicke, Frank, D. 1864. Camp Greble near Norfolk, Va. of the 99th N.Y.S.V. September 2. [S.l.: s.n, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/gvhs01.vhs00398/>.