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    Map
    Map of Dinwiddie County, Va. Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of some residents, and indicates wooded areas. Ink on tracing cloth, with roads in red, mounted on cloth. Water damage to left side, some spotting overall. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H28 LC Land ownership maps, 1247 Holograph beneath title: Approved July 1st 1864, J. Innes Randolph, 1st Lt. Engr's. act. in chg. Top. Dept. DNV. Available...
    • Contributor: Sommers, S. L. - Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Graves, H. M. - Randolph, Innes
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of Dinwiddie and parts of Prince George and Sussex count... Shows roads, railroads, towns and villages, drainage, houses, and names of residents. Sun print. Signed, Official: N. Michler, Major, Engineers, U.S.A. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 533.5 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Department
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map showing portions of the Federal and Confederate forces at... Wall map of part of Dinwiddie County (Va.) showing Civil War troop positions, roads, railroad, settlements, buildings, farms with occupants' names, and streams. Does not show troop positions or movements for battles of Quaker Road or Dinwiddie Court House. Title from typewritten label affixed at upper left corner. Gift; Mr. A.S. Perham; 1920. Pen-and-ink (black and red) and lead-pencil guidelines. LC Civil War maps...
    • Contributor: Perham, Aurestus S.
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the battlefield of Five-Forks. [March 30-April 1, 1865] [Scale 1:15,840]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 540.1 Another issue. Map extends north to the Appomattox River. Shows entrenchments, villages, roads, "South Side Rail Road," drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, houses, and names of residents. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Theilkuhl, F. - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the battlefield of Five-Forks. [March 30-April 1, 1865] Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 540 Shows entrenchments, villages, roads, "South Side Rail Road," drainage, vegetation, relief by hachures, houses, and names of residents. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Theilkuhl, F. - Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1865-01-01
  • Map
    Petersburg and Five Forks. [1864-1865] Scale 1:42,240. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 607.8, 607.9 In this issue, the map is printed on a yellow background with rivers colored green. Detailed topographic map showing Confederate works in red and Union fortifications in blue, houses, fences, names of residents, drainage, vegetation, hachures, railroads, roads, and the street pattern of Petersburg. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Petersburg and Five Forks. [1864-1865] Detailed topographic map showing Confederate works in red and Union fortifications in blue, houses, fences, names of residents, drainage, vegetation, hachures, railroads, roads, and the street pattern of Petersburg. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. This map is a reduced version of Nathaniel Michler's "Petersburg and Five Forks, " Civil War no. 607.9.
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
  • Map
    Plan of the battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1st 1865 : fough... This map depicts the Five Forks area of Dinwiddie County, Va., where Confederate forces under Gen. George E. Pickett tried to hold off the Union advance on Petersburg and the important South Side Railroad. Included are Hatcher's Run, the Appomattox River, Petersburg, Dinwiddie Court House, and the Weldon Railroad. Union forces involved included Warren's Fifth Corps infantry and Sheridan's cavalry. Accused by Sheridan of...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1865-04-01
  • Map
    Plan of the Battle of Five Forks, Va., March 31st 1865 and 1s... Map shows view from Petersburg to Five Forks, Va. As part of an overall plan to force the Confederate troops out of their Petersburg trenches, on March 30, 1865, Gen. Sheridan's troops advanced on Dinwiddie Court House and Five Forks. They were met by Confederate forces under Pickett near Five Forks on March 31st. On April 1st, having heard of his opponent's heavy reinforcement...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    Battlefield of Dinwiddie Courthouse, Va. from official map ma... Map shows the area between Dinwiddie Court House and Five Forks, Va., including the location of troops at different times during the engagement. Beginning on March 30, 1865, Sheridan advanced on the Five Forks area. He was stopped overnight at Dinwiddie Court House due to heavy rain. On March 31st he advanced toward Five Forks only to meet significant Confederate resistance, and was forced...
    • Contributor: Paine, William H. - Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1865-03-31
  • Map
    Battle of Five Forks 31st March and April 1st 1865 Copy of of... Map shows the area five Five Forks, Va., near Hatcher's Run in Diwiddie County. March 30, 1865 General Sheridan's troops engaged Pickett's army at Dinwiddie courthouse and the next day pursued General Pickett who was withdrawing to Five Forks. The Federal attacks overwhelmed the enrenchments, and the Confederates abandoned their efforts to protect the Southdside Railroad.
    • Contributor: Paine, William H. - Sneden, Robert Knox
  • Map
    Map of Dinwiddie County, Va. : surveyed under the direction o... "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. Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs....
    • Contributor: Sommers, S. L. - Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Graves, H. M. - Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    Map of the vicinity of Petersburg
    Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V. Maj. Gen. J.F. Gilmer, chief engineer     Description derived from published bibliography. Map of parts of Prince George, Dinwiddie, and Chesterfield counties, showing roads, railroads, towns, vegitation, houses and names of residents. Relief shown by hachures. Similar to no. 606, LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.). Sun print. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information....
    • Contributor: Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry) - Gilmer, Jeremy Francis - Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office
    • Date: 1864-01-01
  • Map
    [Map of Dinwiddie and parts of Prince George and Sussex count...
    Dinwiddie Co. and Petersburg     Photocopy of a manuscript map showing roads, railroads, towns, rivers, houses and names of residents. Similar to no. 533.5, LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.). This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 1094 Available also through the Library of Congress web site...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel) - United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Dept
    • Date: 1864-01-01