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MapMap of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 20th 1863 Scale ca. 1:29,250. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 285.1 Accompanies William Clifford Morse's The Geologic History of the Vicksburg National Military Park Area ([Jackson] Mississippi State Geological Survey, 1935), frontispiece. "Reproduced with only minor changes from a "Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss.' bearing the date of August 20, 1863, and the signature of C. B. Comstock, Captain of Engineers." Printed in...
- Contributor: Spangenberg, Charles
- Date: 1935-01-01
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MapMap of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. Relief shown by hachures. Civil War salted paper maps. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), S120, 285 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image. Dedicated in ms: To Thomas E. Sherman to keep forever, from his father, W.T. Sherman, Maj. Genl. Jan 20, 1864. Union and Confederate entrenchments are handcolored blue and red respectively. Detailed map showing roads, streets,...
- Contributor: Spangenberg, Charles
- Date: 1863-01-01
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MapMap of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. Scale ca. 1:17,000 (not "1:15,840"). LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 285 Signed (facsim.): C. B. Comstock, Capt. of Engrs. Detailed map showing entrenchments, roads, streets, railroads, hachures, vegetation, houses, and drainage. Contains five topographic profiles, six cross sections of artillery batteries, and one cross section of a "rebel rifle pit." For another issue, see Sherman map coll. no. 120. Description derived from published...
- Contributor: Spangenberg, Charles
- Date: 1863-01-01