Format Map
Contributors Vernam, John S.
Dates 1863
Location Fredericksburg Region
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River Valley
United States
Virginia
Language English
Subjects Civil War
Fredericksburg Region
Fredericksburg Region (Va.)
History
Military Bridges
Rappahannock River
Rappahannock River Valley
Rappahannock River Valley (Va.)
United States
Virginia
Title
Map of the Rappahannock River fron [sic] Port Royal to Richards Ferry /
Contributor Names
Vernam, John S.
Created Published
[1863]
Subject Headings
-  Rappahannock River Valley (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Rappahannock River Valley (Va.)
-  Fredericksburg Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Fredericksburg Region (Va.)
-  Military bridges--Virginia--Rappahannock River
-  Military bridges--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region
-  United States--Virginia--Rappahannock River Valley.
-  United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region.
Notes
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Also covers Fredericksburg city region.
-  Shows "Lines of Gen. Hooker" at Chancellorsville, "Battle field of Gen. Sedgwick" at Salem Church, military bridges, towns, farmsteads with residents' names, wooded areas, and streams.
-  Pen-and-ink (black/red) and watercolor (blue).
-  Endorsed in ink handwriting on verso on 2 panels: Map of the Rappahannock from Port Royal to Kelly's Ford, showing the crossings of Gen. Hookers army and the ground occupied by our forces in and around Chancellorville [sic].
-  Oriented with north toward the upper left.
-  A printed version of this map appears as plate 39, map 2, in the U.S. War Dept.'s: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies (Washington, G.P.O., 1891-95).
-  The area south of Chancellorsville is on a separate linen sheet spliced to the bottom of the main sheet.
-  Includes index of military bridge construction sites.
-  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 619.6
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  Transfer from the Gist Blair papers; LC Manuscript Division; 1936.
Medium
1 Ms. Map : Col., Tracing Linen ; On Sheet 42 X 88 Cm., Folded to 18 X 8 Cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G3882.R38S5 1863 .V4
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
G3882R Cw0619600 Http://Hdl.Loc.Gov/Loc.Gmd/G3882R.Cw0619600
Library of Congress Catalog Number
2003630517
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