Collection Items
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MapThe Seven Days' battles on the Peninsula ; Positions and movements, June 25 to July 1 [1862]. Scale ca. 1:168,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 650.8 From, Guernsey, A. H. "The seven days' battles on the Peninsula," Harper's new monthly magazine, v. 32, Dec. 1865-May 1866. p. 491. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Date: 1866-01-01
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MapRegion of the Seven Days' fighting [June 25-July 1, 1862]. Scale ca. 1:210,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 651 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 30, July 1885. p. 453. Map of the environs of Richmond showing roads, railroads, fortifications, towns, rivers, bridges, and swamps. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Wells, Jacob
- Date: 1885-01-01
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MapThe heart of the rebellion: scene of the late Seven Days battles near Richmond; new base of operations of the Army of the [P]otomac. Scale ca. 1:138,000. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 650.2 From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Saturday, July 19, 1862, p. 1. Map indicates battle sites, "Union redoubts abandoned," "batteries," "line of Union retreat," and the "present Rebel picket lines." Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapSeven Days' battles Scale 1:95,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 650.4 General map of the area between the Chickahominy River and the James River indicating roads, railroads, villages, and the names of some land owners. Troop positions are not given. Stamped "War Department Library" on the verso. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
- Contributor: Palfrey, John Carver
- Date: 1876-01-01
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Map[Seven Days' battles, Virginia, June 25-July 1, 1862] Shows troop positions and fortifications in the Richmond region and names of some residents. Relief shown by contours. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Black-line print. Map scales range from 1:15,450 to 1:65,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 652 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Army War College (U.S.). Historical Section - Landers, Howard Lee - Windham, Donald E.
- Date: 1862-01-01
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MapMap of the night march [from Malvern Hill to Harrison's Landing]. Shows the route used by the retreating Union forces to march from Malvern Hill (Henrico County) to Harrison's Landing (Charles City County), July 2, 1862.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-07-01
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MapPlan of the Battle of Mechanicsville or Beaverdam Creek, Virginia : fought June 26th 1862, 3 to 5 p.m. Shows the area of Hanover County near Beaverdam Creek, oriented with the Chickahominy River to the south and the Mechanicsville Road to the north. Here, on the second day of the Seven Days' Battles, the Confederate forces launched an assault on the Federal troops, forcing them to retreat from Mechanicsville toward Gaines' Mill.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-26
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MapBattle of Beaverdam Creek Va., Chickahominy River, June 27th 1862 While dated June 27th, this map depicts an engagement that took place the day previously, on the second day of the Seven Days' Battles. It shows the area of Hanover County that includes Mechanicsville, with the Chickahominy River to the south of the image and Beaverdam Creek with the Union and Confederate armies located on either side.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-27
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MapPlan of the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia, fought June 26th 1862. While dated June 26th, the Battle of Gaines' Mill was actually fought on the 27th, the third day of the Seven Days' Battles. This map shows Hanover County, Va., with the Chickahominy River to the south, the town of Cold Harbor to the north, Powhite Creek to the west, and Elder Swamp to the east.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-06-26
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MapThe Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia Shows the area of eastern Henrico County, Va., where the battle of Malvern Hill was fought. The landscape gave the Union forces a strong natural position from which to fend off the Confederate attack.
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
- Date: 1862-07-01
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MapPlan of the battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia. Fought June 30th and July 1st, 1862. "The position of Union forces at Malvern Hill was on the West. Overlooking Warren were 36 guns having full sweep of the Valley and over the River Road. These batteries were [Stephen Hinsdale] Weed's NYork battery, Edwards', Carlisle's, Smead's and Voegele's. To these later in the day were added the siege guns 1st Conn. Artillery under Col. Robert O. Tyler[,;] these were placed on...
- Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox