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Map Southwest, or no. 2, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg) battlefield. Enlarged from "Michler" map of the war records atlas with corrections and additions

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Title

  • Southwest, or no. 2, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam (Sharpsburg) battlefield. Enlarged from "Michler" map of the war records atlas with corrections and additions

Names

  • Antietam Battlefield Board.

Created / Published

  • Washington D.C., The Norris Peters Co., photo-litho., 1895.

Headings

  • -  Antietam National Battlefield (Md.)--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland--Antietam National Battlefield

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:10,400.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 250.3
  • -  The Geography and Map Division has sheets 1 and 2 of 4 sheets. For a description of sheet 1, see Civil War Maps entry no. 250.2.
  • -  Map extends from Sharpsburg south to Antietam Iron Works and shows roads and lanes, houses and names of residents, fences, and drainage. Troop positions are not noted.
  • -  This map was acquired by the Library of Congress in 1948 with the purchase of the papers and maps of Maj. Jedediah Hotchkiss.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map, 57 x 78 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3842.A6 1895 .A5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99447389

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Antietam Battlefield Board. Southwest, or no. 2, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam Sharpsburg battlefield. Enlarged from "Michler" map of the war records atlas with corrections and additions. Washington D.C., The Norris Peters Co., photo-litho, 1895. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99447389/.

APA citation style:

Antietam Battlefield Board. (1895) Southwest, or no. 2, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam Sharpsburg battlefield. Enlarged from "Michler" map of the war records atlas with corrections and additions. Washington D.C., The Norris Peters Co., photo-litho. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99447389/.

MLA citation style:

Antietam Battlefield Board. Southwest, or no. 2, sheet of preliminary map of Antietam Sharpsburg battlefield. Enlarged from "Michler" map of the war records atlas with corrections and additions. Washington D.C., The Norris Peters Co., photo-litho, 1895. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447389/>.