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    Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania Battlefield National Monument, Virginia Scale 1:24,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 555.8 "Advanced sheet. Subject to correction." Detailed topographic map. Contour interval 10 feet. The base map is printed in brown, and place names are in black. Troop positions and movements are not indicated. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Geological Survey (U.S.)
    • Date: 1934-01-01
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    Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. Scale ca. 1:95,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 556.5 Folded title: Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, Virginia. "NMP. F.S. 7000." Includes text and illus. Text and illus. on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
    • Contributor: United States. National Park Service
    • Date: 1972-01-01
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    Fredericksburg Scale ca. 1:92,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 556.4 Folded title: Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania National Military Park. "*GPO: 1979--281-324/2." Includes text, map of "Routes to/from Chatham," and col. ill. Text, map of Fredericksburg region as during the Civil War, and ill. (some col.) on verso. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
    • Contributor: United States. National Park Service
    • Date: 1979-01-01
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    Battlefield map of the Fredericksburg-Spotsylvania Battlefield Park. Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 552 Map of the battlefields of the Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, and Spotsylvania, showing troop positions, names of commanders, roads, railroads, towns, and drainage. Inset: Locality sketch. Scale ca. 1:5,750,000. 8 x 6 cm. (Map of the environs of the Chesapeake Bay showing the location of the four battlefields.) "Losses on the battlefields" are given in...
    • Contributor: Kishpaugh, Robert A.
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Historical overlay : [Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefields Memorial National Military Park, Virginia] Blueprint. Accompanied by text: Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, vegetation, community structure, and historical features survey : final report June 1981 / Richard R. Anderson ... [et al.] (iii, 62 leaves ; 28 x 22 cm. - 1 index diagram) LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 551.5 LC sheets annotated in ink on verso: Chancellorsville -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Fredericksburg -- The...
    • Contributor: Anderson, Richard R. - Jeck, Michael C.
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    [Sketch of the battles of Chancellorsville, Salem Church, and Fredericksburg, May 2, 3, and 4, 1863 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H129 Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. A similar map, somewhat reduced, with the above title is contained in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 41. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Sketch of the battle of Fredericksburg, Saturday, Dec. 13th 1862, Right Wing, C.S.A., Lt. Gl. Jackson's corps LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 551 Signed in facsimile: Maj. Genl. Franklin, compliments, Danl. Butterfield, Chief of Staff. Probably printed by the Union Army since the inscription contains the names of the Union generals Franklin and Butterfield. Shows names of residents. Mounted on cloth-backed paper. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
    • Contributor: Hotchkiss, Jedediah
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    View of Fredericksburg, Va. Nov. 1862. Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 956 LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 554 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2
    • Contributor: E. Sachse & Co
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Sketch of the battle of Fredericksburg, Dezember [i.e. December] 13th, 1862 Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) over a 2-inch pencil grid on gray tracing paper, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H123 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Includes index to Confederate divisions' positions. In pencil on verso: 95.
    • Contributor: Blackford, W. W. (William Willis)
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    [An unfinished drawing of the battle of Fredericksburg, Saturday, December 13, 1862]. Shows "Gen. Lee's Hd. Qrs." and names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pencil (some col.) on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. Similar to the map reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 31, no. 4. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H125 In pencil on...
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Battle of Fredericksburg. Dec. 13, 1862. Scale ca. 1:50,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 557 From Century illustrated monthly magazine, v. 32, Aug. 1886. p. 622. "In indicating the Union artillery, we have followed an official map made under the direction of General Henry J. Hunt, chief of artillery." Gives troop positions, batteries, names of commanders, roads, R.F. & P Railroad and the unfinished railroad, houses and names of...
    • Contributor: Wells, Jacob
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    Sketch of Banks Ford. Shows fortifications and names of some residents on the Rappahannock above Fredericksburg. Relief shown by hachures. Date and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink and pencil (some col.) on pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H139 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. In pencil on verso: 291.
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] Scale 1:21,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 553.6 In this issue, the map is printed on a yellow background with the Rappahannock River colored green. Detailed map of the environs of Fredericksburg giving Union entrenchments in blue and Confederate entrenchments in red, roads, "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road," street plan of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, houses, fences, names of residents in rural areas,...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
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    Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] Relief shown by hachures. Detailed map of the environs of Fredericksburg giving Union entrenchments in blue and Confederate entrenchments in red, roads, "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road," street plan of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, houses, fences, names of residents in rural areas, vegetation, and drainage. Surveyed & drawn by Maj. J.E. Weyss, assisted by F. Theilkuhl, J. Strasser & G. Thompson. Description derived from...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
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    Fredericksburg. [Dec. 1862] LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 553.8 Detailed map of the environs of Fredericksburg giving Union entrenchments in blue and Confederate entrenchments in red, roads, "Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Rail Road," street plan of Fredericksburg and Falmouth, houses, fences, names of residents in rural areas, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web...
    • Contributor: Michler, N. (Nathaniel)
    • Date: 1867-01-01
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    Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg, Va. or 2nd Battle of Fredericksburg. By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick with 6th Army Corps, Sunday, May 3rd, 1863. Illustrates the placement of Union and Confederate forces during the Chancellorsville Campaign of April-May, 1863, culminating in the battle of Chancellorsville fought May 1-4, 1863. This map focuses on the Sunday, May 3rd, action, which is referred to by Sneden as "Second Fredericksburg."
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-05-03
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    Map of the battle of Chancellorsville, including operations from April 29th to May 5th, 1863. Concerns the area between Wilderness in Orange County, Va., through Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg in Spotsylvania County, Va., giving a general overview of the placement of troops just prior and during the Battle of Chancellorsville.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Va. The purpose of this map is uncertain; it may have been to identify the rail lines within the corridor between Fredericksburg and Petersburg. Included (as phrased by Sneden) are the Richmond and Danville Railroad, Lynchburg Railroad, Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, Virginia Central Railroad, and the Richmond Fredericksburg (Railroad). A few key events in the entire war are indicated such as the surrender of Lee...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Plan of the Battle of Fredericksburg. Map is oriented with the Rappahannock River to the top (actually, north/northeast) and the Massaponax River [now Creek] to the right (actually, south). Shows the field of action for the first Battle of Fredericksburg, December 12-13, 1862.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Plan of attack on Marie's Heights, Fredericksburg Va. By Maj. Genl. John Sedgwick, USA, with the 6th Army Corps. Sunday May 3rd 1863. Area depicted includes the Rappahannock River to the northeast, Taylor Hill to the northwest and Deep Run to the south. The Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad is also indicated. As part of Gen. Hooker's plan to drive the Confederate Army back toward Richmond, Gen. Sedgwick was to undertake a diversionary attack across the Rappahannock River toward the Confederate entrenchments above Fredericksburg. On May 3rd, having...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-01-01
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    Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va. Printed map with annotations by Sneden highlighting the defenses of Richmond, Va., and locations associated with the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864.
    • Contributor: Schott, Charles A. (Charles Anthony) - Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-01-01
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    The line of the Rappahannock, 30th April 1863 Showing position of Union and Rebel armies at and near Fredericksburg, Va. This map shows the location of the two armies on the eve of the Chancellorsville Campaign. Union Gen. Hooker has moved his forces via Kelly's Ford into position south of the Rappahannock near Chancellorsville, Va., to launch what he believes will be a rear attack on Gen. R. E. Lee's Fredericksburg stronghold. Meanwhile Federal forces under Sedgwick continue a diversionary frontal assault on Fredericksburg....
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1863-04-30
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    Plan of the battle of Fredericksburg. Fought 13th Decr. 1862. Map shows Gen. R. E. Lee's strong position on the heights overlooking Fredericksburg, Va. While he could not prevent the Union forces from crossing the Rappahannock River on December 13 and taking the town, they were unable, despite repeated suicidal assaults, to take the hills on which the Confederate forces were entrenched. After several days astride the river, the Union forces withdrew the night...
    • Contributor: Paine, William H. - Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-12-13
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    The Rebel entrenched position at Fredericksburg, Va. showing Hooker's flank march on Chancellorsville 3rd and 4th May 1863. Regional map of the Chancellorsville area encompassing Kelly's Ford in the upper left, Stafford in the upper right, and Spotsylvania Court House at the bottom. Indicates roads and railroads, fords, bridges, and inhabited buildings. Also, indicates the route taken by Hooker's Union forces across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford with the intention of attacking Lee's Confederates at Chancellorsville from the west. Union General...
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
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    Position of Union and Rebel armies at Fredericksburg, Decr. 1st 1862 Map shows the area surrounding Fredericksburg, Va., including Spotsylvania Courthouse, Chancellorsville and Falmouth, during the Fredericksburg Campaign. This image shows the situation several days before the battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13th, during which Burnside ordered several futile attacks against Lee's forces. After losing over 12,000 men, the Federal forces withdrew on December 15th.
    • Contributor: Sneden, Robert Knox
    • Date: 1862-12-01