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    Gettysburg Battlefield. Battle fought at Gettysburg, Pa. July...
    Gettysburg Battle-field
    Perspective map not drawn to scale. Cover title: Gettysburg Battlefield directory, with index. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 324.2 Includes "Plan of the soldiers national cemetary." Accompanied by: Gettysburg Battlefield directory; index to military organizations. 139-151 p. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger) - Geo. H. Walker & Co
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map shewing [sic] movements of army from 30th June to 1st Jul... Indicates the general terrain and disposition of troops around Gettysburg, Pa., as well the fighting northwest of town between the Union's I Corps, under Maj.Gen. John F. Reynolds and Confederate forces under Hill. Shows the place where Gen. Reynolds was fatally shot on July 1 and the locations of Union forces at 11 a.m., 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. as they fell back toward...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Map of the maneuver ground of the Camp of Instruction, Gettys... Covers rural area east of Gettysburg borough, Adams County, Pa. Relief shown by contours. Also shows buildings, householders' names, and functional designations for individual farm fields; "Camp of Instruction 1910" shown on northeastern sheet. India ink and lead pencil. LC sheets rubber-stamped. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault
    • Contributor: United States. Army. Engineer Battalion, 1st. Company D. - United States. Department of the Army. General Staff. Second Section
    • Date: 1910-01-01
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    Map of the region between Gettysburg, Pa. and Appomattox Cour... LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S196 Index map indicates the area covered by each sheet in the atlas. Accompanies the Corps of Engineers' Military maps Illustrating the operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James . . . Another copy is in the James A. Garfield papers, Manuscript Division, L.C., series 8, container no. 1. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: Weyss, J. E. - Thompson, Gilbert - De La Camp, J. (John) - Michler, N. (Nathaniel) - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
    • Date: 1869-01-01
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    Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. Showing positions held 1st and 3... This map of the battlefield at Gettysburg juxtaposes locations of various units on the first and third days of the three-day battle. Most of the fighting on July 1st seems to have taken place to the northwest of the town of Gettysburg, while that on July 3rd is concentrated to the southeast.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Plan of the Gettysburg battle ground. Scale ca. 1:36,500. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 347 Map gives Union positions in black and Confederate positions in red, batteries and lines of fire, roads and streets, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. Two additional copies are in the Charles W. Reed papers, Manuscript Division, L.C., container no. 5 (oversize cabinet 5, drawer 5) Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through...
    • Contributor: Reed, Charles Wellington
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg in peace Printed map on which Sneden has indicated the places where his unit (the 40th New York) saw action on the battlefield.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1... In this image Sneden compares troop locations during the first day of the battle with those on the third day. One obvious observation is that the Confederate forces have succeeded in pushing the Union line back to the more easily held hills south of the town.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, official map... Some issues have: *GPO: 1994--301-085/80183. Reprint 1994; others have: *GPO: 1994--301-085/00046. Reprint 1994. Relief shown by shading. Panel title. Title in upper margin: Gettysburg. Includes text and descriptive index to points of interest. Text, map of headquarters vicinity, 3 troop-position maps, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. National Park Service
    • Date: 1994-01-01
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    Gettysburg battle-field. Battle fought at Gettysburg, Pa., Ju... LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 324 Inset: Plan of the Soldiers National Cemetery. Uncolored. 6 x 12 cm. Endorsed (facsim.): I have examined Col. Bachelder's isometrical drawing of teh battle field of Gettysburg and am perfectly satistifed with the accuracy with which the topography is delineated and the position of the troops laid down. [signed] Geo. G. Meade, Maj. Gen. of Vols. comd....
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    [Sketch of the battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1st and 2nd, 1... Shows troop movements and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.), mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H162 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes names of Confederate divisions and corps. In pencil on verso: 87.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of the Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. : showing positions h... This map shows the disposition of troops on this second day of the battle. The designation "5 p.m." appears slightly to the left of the title. As the fighting began late in the day and continued on well into the evening, this could be interpreted as a depiction of forces going into the second day of the battle.
    • Contributor: Paine, William H. - Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-07-02
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    Field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd & 3rd 1863
    Field of Gettysburg, July first, second, and third 1863 | Sketch of the battles of Gettysburg with an explanatory map
    241 U.S. Copyright Office Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions of the Union and Confederate forces. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863 by T. Ditterline in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of the East. Dist. of Pa." Folded map was originally attached to inside of back cover of the accompanying text. Accompanied by text: Sketch of the...
    • Contributor: P.S. Duval & Son - Ditterline, T. (Theodore) - Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Alvord, Corydon A.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg and vicinity, showing the lines of battle, July, 1863 Scale ca. 1:22,500 (not "4 inches = 1 mile"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 337 From his The Blue and Grey . . . c1922. Inset: Site of Gen. Greggs cavalry operations. Three miles east of Gettysburg. July 3rd 1863. Colored. Scale not given. 10 x 5 cm. Shows Union positions in black and Confederate positions in red, roads, railroad, houses and names...
    • Contributor: Gilbert, J. Warren
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg Third day. Position of troops. Detail from an identified printed map annotated to show which units held essentially the same position through July 2 and which moved, noting the starting positions (in the morning) and ending positions (in the evening) of the latter. The usual landmarks, such as Culp's Hill, Cemetery Ridge, and Little Round Top, are also indicated.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-07-02
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    Map showing the routes of Brig. Gen. J.B. [i.e., J.D.] Imbode... Shows roads from Brock's Gap, Virginia to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink, crayon, and pencil (some col.) on irregularly shaped tracing paper, mounted on cloth. Includes notes. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H161 Imperfect: Holes in center and top right corner. Holes and losses along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on...
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of the battle field of Gettysburg. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1863 "Printed by Endicott & Co. . . . N.Y." "The map is reduced from one on a scale of 200 feet to the inch, deposited in the Archives of the office of the Chief of Engineers. The survey was ordered by Brevet Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, and conducted under Brevet Major General G. K. Warren, Major of Engineers." "Topography engraved...
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger) - Bien, Julius - Neuman, Louis E. - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
    • Date: 1876-01-01
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    The Battle of Gettysburg Penna. Showing positions held July 2... Gives locations of specific units with some attempt to indicate movement (i.e. direction of charges and assaults) during the course of the day. Also indicates the usual landmarks (Culp's Hill, Cemetery Ridge, Round Top, etc.) plus the locations of hospitals and headquarters.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-07-02
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    Map of the battle field of Gettysburg. [July 1st, 2nd, and 3r... [Scale 1:15,840]. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 340 Another edition From Jacobs, Michael. Notes on the invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania . . . Philadelphia, [1888?] Revised edition of the preceding map including Confederate artillery positions, location of the Federal "11th Corps 3 P.M.," and additional houses. Union positions are colored blue and Confederate positions are red. Lacks the name of the lithographer...
    • Contributor: J.B. Lippincott Company
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg--Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, ...
    Touring the battlefield
    Relief shown by shading. "*GPO: 1998--432-903/60317. Reprint 1998." Panel title. Includes notes and descriptive index to points of interest. Text, map of headquarters vicinity, 3 troop-position maps, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. National Park Service
    • Date: 1998-01-01
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    Map of the battlefield of Gettysburg. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1863 Scale 1:12,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 326 New edition 1883, Positions of troops compiled by John B. Bachelder, 1876. This edition lacks any statement of publication, printing, or engraving. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Description derived from published bibliography.
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Union army's march on Gettysburg from Frederick, Md. Regional view shows paths taken by different segments of the Union army on a march from Frederick, Md., to Gettysburg, Pa., as well as the location of the Confederate army units in the vicinity. The Union troops were under the commands of Reynolds, Howard, Sickles, Slocum, Hancock, Sykes and Gregg.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Map of the field of operations of Gregg's (Union) & Stuart's ... Scale 1:12,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 327 The maps are entitled "No. 4a. 6-8 P.M., July 2," "No. 10. 4-11 A.M., July 3," "No. 11. 11 A.M.-2 P.M., July 3" and "No. 12. 2-5 P.M., July 3." Detailed topographic map with spot elevations and contours "given for every change of four feet in elevation . . . Every object is represented, as...
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg battle-field. Battle fought at Gettysburg, Pa., Ju... LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 322 Inset: Plan of the Soldiers National Cemetery. Uncolored. 6 x 13 cm. Bears a "Proof" mark in the lower left corner. Endorsed (facsim.): "I am perfectly satisfied with the accuracy with which the topography is delineated and the position of the troops laid down." [Signed] Geo. G. Meade, Maj. Gen. of Vols. comd. A. P. The reproduced...
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg and vicinity : showing the lines of battle, July, ... Shows Union positions in blue and Confederate positions in red, roads, houses and names of residents, fences, railroad, vegetation, and drainage. "Presented with the compliments of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad" printed in red ink in lower right hand corner of map. "Purchase tickets at B. and O. Office, 415 Broadway, N.Y." stamped in blue ink in lower right hand corner of map. Inset:...
    • Contributor: Long, James T. (James Thomas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map showing the positions occupied by the Tenth New York Cava... Union positions are indicated in black and Confederate positions in red. Description derived from published bibliography. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 346.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: Preston, Noble D. - United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map of the battle field of Gettysburg. [July 1st, 2nd, and 3r... Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 339 From Jacobs, Michael. Notes on the rebel invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania . . . Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1864. Indicates Union positions in red and Confederate positions in blue, Union artillery positions, roads, railroads, houses and names of residents, drainage, and vegetation. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress...
    • Contributor: J.B. Lippincott Company
    • Date: 1864-01-01
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    Gettysburg July 2nd The Union and Rebel forces in the cemetery. While purporting to depict a meeting of Union and Confederate forces at Cemetery Hill, this map instead shows in detail the disposition of Union forces on Cemetery and Culp's hills. Of greater interest is the indication of the location of Sickles's 3rd Corps along the Emmitsburg Road on the morning of July 2nd, and their new position at the base of Little Round Top...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-07-02
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    The battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, 3d, 1863, showin... Scale ca. 1:21,250. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 338 Shows drainage, vegetation, roads, railroads, houses and names of inhabitants, and points of interest on the battlefield. In addition to the movements of the 12th Army Corps, the Union and Confederate positions are shown, with names of the commanding officers of some units. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of...
    • Contributor: Goodhue, W. F.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    The Cavalry battle, Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 1863, 2:30 p.m. The cavalry action took place approximately two miles to the east of the town of Gettysburg. This map shows the Confederate cavalry, under Stuart, attempting to cut the Union lines of communication along the Baltimore Turnpike. They were thwarted in their effort by Union cavalry commanded by David McMurtrie Gregg. The map depicts the rough locations of individual skirmishes.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-07-03
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    Cavalry battle, Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 3:30 p.m. Shows in detail the cavalry battle east of the town of Gettysburg with the action depicted as happening at 3:30 p.m. Also includes pairings of Union and Confederate brigades as engaged.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-07-03
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    [Preliminary sketch of the battle of Gettysburg showing troop... Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on 2 sheets pasted together, forming an irregularly shaped sheet of tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H159 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes notes. In pencil on verso:...
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Position of Union and Confederate armies on the morning of Ju... Scale 1:633,600 (10 miles to 1 inch). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 44.5 No. "1" in the upper right margin. Map of northeastern Virginia, Maryland, and southern Pennsylvania showing roads, railroads, cities and towns, drainage, relief by hachures, and troop positions at the beginning of the Battle of Gettysburg. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site...
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. First day. General positi... Scale 1:23,400 (1950 feet to the inch). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 327.5 No. "II" in the upper right margin. Map of the environs of Gettysburg showing troop and artillery positions, roads, houses and names of residents, relief by contour lines at intervals of 20 feet and spot heights, woodland, the Gettysburg & Hanover R.R., and drainage. Description derived from published bibliography. Available...
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Battle of Gettysburg : showing the position of the two conten... "Lith. of W. Boell ... Phil." Includes explanatory letter dated Aug. 24, 1863 from T. Detterline to Benjamin Wrigley. Maps show troop positions, roads, railroads, rivers and names of residents. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information. Two of the maps are sketches furnished by "Genl. J.R. [i.e....
    • Contributor: Trimble, Isaac - Wrigley, Benjamin - Frey, J. C. - Detterline, T. - Boell, William
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    The battlefield of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863 Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 344 Shows Union positions in black and Confederate positions in red, names of field commanders, relief by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, railroad, and a few houses and names of residents. For a later edition copyrighted in 1912 by Tipton & Blocher, see entry no. 350. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of...
    • Contributor: Minnigh, Luther W. (Luther William)
    • Date: 1905-01-01
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    Map of Gettysburg and vicinity Shows Civil-War battle positions in rural districts surrounding Gettysburg (Pa.). Union lines are shown by blue dashes and Confederate lines by red ones. Also shows locations of artillery, significant features of the battlefield, some dwellings with names of residents, vegetation, drainage, roads, and railways. Pen-and-ink, watercolors, and rubber-stamped names. Typewritten label affixed at lower right corner reads: Under direction of Mrs. Georgia Wade McClellan...
    • Contributor: Weeks, Gaylord
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Relief map of the battle field of Gettysburg. Looking south. ... Scale ca. 1:27,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 338.5 Signed in ink in the lower right corner "Ambrose E. Lehman." Copyright no. 20433, Oct. 4, 1886. Oblique view of a relief model. Stamped on verso: A. E. Lehman, civil engineer and topographical geologist, 711 Walnut St., Phila., Pa. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as...
    • Contributor: Lehman, Ambrose E. (Ambrose Edwin)
    • Date: 1886-01-01
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    Gettysburg battle-field. Battle fought at Gettysburg, Pa., Ju... LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 323 Inset: Plan of the Soldiers National Cemetery. Uncolored. 6 x 13 cm. Endorsed (facsim.): "I am perfectly satisfied with the accuracy with which the topography is delineated and the position of the troops laid down." [Signed] Geo. G. Meade, Maj. Gen. of Vols. comd. A. P. The reproduced signatures of A. Doubleday, John Newton, Winf. St. Hancock,...
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg battlefield Scale ca. 1:26,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 330 Upper right corner: No. 825. Shows troops and artillery points, drainage, roads, railroads, dwellings with names of occupants, several points of interest on the battlefield, and a few of the highest points by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Cope, Emmor B. - Hewitt, Edgar M.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, official map...
    Gettysburg
    "*GPO: 1993--342-298/60084. Reprint 1993." Relief shown by shading. Title from panel. LC copy imperfect: Taped, adhesive labels affixed, rubber-stamped. Includes text and descriptive index to points of interest. Text, park headquarters vicinity map, 3 troop-position maps, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. National Park Service
    • Date: 1993-01-01
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    Map showing the positions occupied by the Third Pennsylvania ... Scale ca. 1:24,200. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 345 From History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry . . . Philadelphia, Franklin Printing Company, 1905. opp. p. 261. Indicates troop, cavalry, and artillery positions, roads and streets, railroad, houses and names of residents, vegetation, and drainage. Base map was drawn by Noble D. Preston. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library...
    • Contributor: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 3rd
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Plan of Gettysburg with the battlefield of July 2nd & 3rd, 18... Scale 1:7920. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 343 Inset: [Plan of the] National Cemetery. Uncolored. 26 x 16 cm. Shows troop positions, roads, railroads, streams, and a few houses. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Meisel, Augustus
    • Date: 1800-01-01
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    Map showing the positions occupied by the Tenth New York Cava... Finished ms. version of later printed map showing Federal cavalry positions and movements, camp and barracks of the 10th N.Y. Cavalry in 1861-62, drainage, vegetation, roads, streets, railroad, houses, and names of occupants. Covers troop positions in rural areas east of Gettysburg. Relief of hills shown by form lines. Author's name and date of preparation from LC Civil War Maps, 2nd ed., 1989. Printed...
    • Contributor: Preston, Noble D. - United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Sketch of routes of the 2nd Corps A.N. Virginia from Frederic... Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.), mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H158 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: 131.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah - Smith, Wm. P. (William Proctor)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    [Preliminary sketch of the battle of Gettysburg showing troop... Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Oriented with north to the bottom. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on pencil grid on tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H160 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: Shows positions on...
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, official map...
    Gettysburg
    Relief shown by shading. "*GPO: 1995--387-038/00263. Reprint 1995." Panel title. Includes text and descriptive index to points of interest. Text, map of headquarters vicinity, 3 troop-position maps, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. National Park Service
    • Date: 1995-01-01
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    Map of the battle field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd, 3rd 1863 "The map is reduced from one on a scale of 200 feet to the inch, deposited in the Archives of the office of the Chief of Engineers. The survey was ordered by Brevet Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, and conducted under Brevet Major General G. K. Warren, Major of Engineers." "Topography engraved by Julius Bien . . . N.Y. Positions &...
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger) - Bien, Julius - Neuman, Louis E. - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
    • Date: 1959-01-01
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    Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania, official map...
    Gettysburg
    Relief shown by shading. "*GPO: 1997--417-648/60022. Reprint 1997." Panel title. Includes text and descriptive index to points of interest. Text, map of headquarters vicinity, 3 troop-position maps, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
    • Contributor: United States. National Park Service
    • Date: 1997-01-01
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    Map and profile of the Gettysburg Rail Road as surveyed by or... Survey map and profile of part of Pennsylvania and Maryland from Gettysburg to the Potomac River. Shows relief by hachures along the line, creeks, roads, cities and towns. Chartered on January 9, 1838; constructed December 1, 1858.
    • Contributor: Campbell, Henry R. - Gettysburg Railroad
    • Date: 1839-01-01
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    Plan shewing [sic] the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd ... Map depicts the situation just prior to Union Gen. Daniel Edgar Sickles' having ordered his 3rd Corps into an advanced position on a ridge overlooking the Emmitsburg Road, unknowingly exposing his left flank. Confederate forces under Longstreet and Hill attacked him, overwhelming the Union position and forcing the troops back, thereby succeeding in forming a wedge between the 2nd and 3rd Corps. Sickles was...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-07-02
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    Map of the battle field of Gettysburg. July 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1863 Scale 1:12,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 325 "Topography engraved by Julia Bien . . . N.Y. Positions & lettering by Louis E. Neuman . . . N.Y." "Printed by Endicott & Co. . . . N.Y." The maps are entitled: First day's battle. Second day's battle. Third day's battle. "The map is reduced from one on a scale of 200 feet to...
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger)
    • Date: 1879-01-01
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    Gettysburg battle-field. Battle fought at Gettysburg, Pa., Ju... Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 321 Inset: Plan of the Soldiers National Cemetery. Uncolored. 6 x 13 cm. Bears a "Proof" mark in the lower left corner. Endorsed (facsim.): I am perfectly satisfied with the accuracy with which the topography is delineated and the position of the troops laid down. [Signed] Geo. G. Meade, Maj. Gen. of Vols. comd. A....
    • Contributor: Bachelder, John B. (John Badger)
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Gettysburg and vicinity, showing the lines of battle, July, 1... Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 342 From his Gettysburg: How the battle was fought. c1891. Inset: Site of Gen. Gregg's calvary [sic] operations. Three miles east of Gettysburg. Uncolored. Scale 1:63,360. 13 x 7 cm. Shows Union positions in blue and Confederate positions in red, roads, houses and names of residents, fences, railroad, vegetation, and drainage. Description derived from published bibliography....
    • Contributor: Long, James T. (James Thomas)
    • Date: 1863-01-01