Map of the seat of war, positions of the rebel forces, batteries, entrenchments, and encampments in Virginia-the fortifications for the protection of Richmond

Map of the seat of war, positions of the rebel forces, batteries, entrenchments, and encampments in Virginia-the fortifications for the protection of Richmond

Item Information

Title:
Map of the seat of war, positions of the rebel forces, batteries, entrenchments, and encampments in Virginia-the fortifications for the protection of Richmond
Title (uniform):
London American
Name on Item:
Waters & son, engravers, N.Y.
Date:
[1861]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Fortification--Virginia
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
Places:
Virginia
Extent:
1 map : col. ; 40 x 32 cm, on sheet 52 x 39 cm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/xg94j2376
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : London American
Scale:
Scale ca. 1:800,000.
Language:
English
Notes:
Includes a mileage table.
Reference is made in the lower margin to the "Battle of Bull's [sic] Run, fought on Sunday, the 21st July [1861], about 22,000 unionists and about 60,000 rebels were in the engagement."
An earlier version of this map was published in the morning edition of the New York Herald, June 17, 1861. See Civil War Maps entry no. 451.3.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_006565
Call #:
G3881.S5 1861 .L66
Barcode:
39999059026599
LCCN:
99448503