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Map [Map of a cavalry engagement near Poolesville, Md., 1862].

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Title

  • [Map of a cavalry engagement near Poolesville, Md., 1862].

Summary

  • This hand-drawn map accompanies a letter to Dabney's mother describing a recent foray by Jeb Stuart's cavalry into Maryland and Pennsylvania, and an encounter with Union forces when the Confederates attempted to recross the Potomac River at White's Ford, Va.

Names

  • Dabney, Chiswell, 1844-1923.
  • Saunders family.

Created / Published

  • 1862.

Headings

  • -  Maryland--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations, Confederate
  • -  White's Ford (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland
  • -  United States--Virginia--White's Ford

Notes

  • -  Accompanies letter, 1862 October 21, of Dabney, "Hd. Qrs. Cav'l. Division," to his mother Elizabeth Lewis (Towles) Dabney.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
  • -  In the Saunders family papers, 1798-1903.
  • -  Manuscripts

Medium

  • 1 map : pen-and-ink ; 12.5 x 19 cm.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

Digital Id

Online Format

  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Dabney, Chiswell, and Saunders Family. Map of a cavalry engagement near Poolesville, Md. 1862. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00400/.

APA citation style:

Dabney, C. & Saunders Family. (1862) Map of a cavalry engagement near Poolesville, Md. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00400/.

MLA citation style:

Dabney, Chiswell, and Saunders Family. Map of a cavalry engagement near Poolesville, Md. 1862. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00400/>.