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Title

  • Petersburg

Names

  • United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Department.
  • Michler, N. (Nathaniel), 1827-1881.

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C.? : Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department], Novbr 2nd 1864.

Headings

  • -  Petersburg Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Fortification--Virginia--Petersburg Region--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Virginia--Petersburg Region--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Petersburg

Genre

  • Maps
  • Salted paper prints--1861-1865

Notes

  • -  Shows fortifications and names of some residents.
  • -  Official [signed] N. Michler, Major [of Engrs.].
  • -  Civil War salted paper maps.
  • -  LC copy annotated in pen-and-ink, watercolor, crayon and pencil to show picket lines of the 2nd, 5th, and 6th Union corps situated between Fort Wadsworth and Billup's P.O. on the Weldon and Petersburg R.R. "Gilbert Thompson" stamped on lower right corner, annotated in pencil.
  • -  Sun print.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 608
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Acquisitions control no.: 1995-40 for copy 2.

Medium

  • 1 map : negative photocopy, hand col., sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth ; 61 x 51 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3884.P4S5 1864 .U512
  • G3884.P4S5 1864 .U512 Copy 2. Uncolored photocopy map, 60 x 53 cm., on two sheets pasted together, with scale annotated in crayon. Transferred from the Joseph Warren Keifer Papers in the Manuscript Division, L.C. Some losses, discoloration, soiling, and staining along margins. Torn left edge and bottom along fold lines.

Source Collection

  • Keifer, Joseph Warren, 1836-1932. Joseph Warren Keifer map collection

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006626043

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

United States Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department, and N Michler. Petersburg. [Washington, D.C.?: Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department, Novbr 2nd, 1864] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006626043/.

APA citation style:

United States Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department & Michler, N. (1864) Petersburg. [Washington, D.C.?: Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department, Novbr 2nd] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2006626043/.

MLA citation style:

United States Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department, and N Michler. Petersburg. [Washington, D.C.?: Army of the Potomac, Engineer Department, Novbr 2nd, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006626043/>.