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Map [Scene of the late naval fight and the environs of Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk and Suffolk, now threatened by General Burnside].

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Title

  • [Scene of the late naval fight and the environs of Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk and Suffolk, now threatened by General Burnside].

Created / Published

  • [1862]

Headings

  • -  Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--Defenses--Maps
  • -  Fort Monroe Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Fort Monroe Region (Va.)--Defenses--Maps
  • -  Hampton Roads (Va. : Region)--Aerial views
  • -  Fort Monroe Region (Va.)--Aerial views
  • -  Wood-engraving--Printing--Specimens
  • -  Map printing--Specimens
  • -  United States--Virginia--Hampton Roads Region
  • -  United States--Virginia--Fort Monroe Region

Notes

  • -  Relief shown pictorially.
  • -  Bird's-eye view of Hampton Roads region showing fortifications, camps, the Monitor lying off Fortress Monroe, and "Gen. Burnside's advance" on Suffolk, Va.
  • -  Title from lower margin of view appearing in William Jenning Demorest's New York illustrated news, v. 5. no. 124, Mar. 22, 1862, p. 317.
  • -  Wood block is composed of 12 separate parts joined together, each part 6 x 13 cm.
  • -  Accompanied by proof copy pulled from wood block. 1 sheet : view ; 29 x 37 cm.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 558.7
  • -  Wood block is imperfect: Lower left and right corners damaged with chips missing from block.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault
  • -  Acquisitions control no. 58-83

Medium

  • 1 wood block ; 25 x 36 x 3 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3882.H3S5 1862 .S3

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 85690735

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Scene of the late naval fight and the environs of Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk and Suffolk, now threatened by General Burnside. [1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/85690735/.

APA citation style:

(1862) Scene of the late naval fight and the environs of Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk and Suffolk, now threatened by General Burnside. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/85690735/.

MLA citation style:

Scene of the late naval fight and the environs of Fortress Monroe, and Norfolk and Suffolk, now threatened by General Burnside. [1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/85690735/>.