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MapMap showing the positions occupied by the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry in the engagements on the right flank at Gettysburg, Pa., between the Union cavalry under Gen. D. McM. Gregg and the "Stonewall" ... 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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MapMap 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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MapMap 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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MapMap showing the positions occupied by the Tenth New York Cavalry in the cavalry engagements on the right flank at Gettysburg, Penn. : on July 2 & 3, 1863, between the Union ... 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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MapSketch of routes of the 2nd Corps A.N. Virginia from Fredericksburg, Va. to Gettysburg, Pa. and return to Orange C.H. Va., June 4th to August 1st 1863 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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MapGettysburg 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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MapThe Battle of Gettysburg Penna. Showing positions held July 2nd, 1863. 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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MapBattle of Gettysburg, Penna. Showing positions held 1st and 3rd July 1863. 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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MapGettysburg 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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MapUnion 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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MapMap shewing [sic] movements of army from 30th June to 1st July 1863 : and first encounter of 1st Corps with the enemy. 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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MapPlan shewing [sic] the Rebel concentrated assault on the 3rd Corps, July 2nd 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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MapMap of the Battle of Gettysburg, Penna. : showing positions held July 2nd 1863. 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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MapMap of the Battle of Gettysburg showing positions held July 1st & 3rd 1863. 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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MapGettysburg 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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MapThe 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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MapCavalry 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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MapBattle of Gettysburg : showing the position of the two contending armies during the first, second & third of July 1863. "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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MapMap 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