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Map Map 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 cavalry under Gen. D. McM. Gregg and the Confederate cavalry under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

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Title

  • Map 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 cavalry under Gen. D. McM. Gregg and the Confederate cavalry under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart

Names

  • Preston, Noble D.
  • United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers

Created / Published

  • [1891?]

Headings

  • -  Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863--Maps
  • -  Landowners--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--Maps
  • -  Gettysburg Region (Pa.)--Defenses--Maps
  • -  Gettysburg Region (Pa.)--Maps
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg Region
  • -  Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  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 version appears in Preston's History of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, Aug. 1861 to Aug. 1865. New York, D. Appleton, 1892, opp. p. 116.
  • -  In lower margin: The government maps used by permission of the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A.
  • -  Pen-and-ink (india ink).
  • -  Accompanied by 2 untitled ms. maps, presumably done as preliminary studies, on which the Union cavalry actions have been sketched partly in ink and partly in pencil. Also accompanied by 4 untitled ms. maps of the movements of "Stuart's cavalry, July 3, 2 to 5 P.M." apparently drawn as preliminary studies for the Confederate troop positions, which appear in red on the printed version. [6] maps : ms. ; 50 x 64 cm. or smaller, on sheets 55 x 73 cm.
  • -  Includes text.
  • -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 346
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress website as raster image.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : cloth backing ; 41 x 59 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3824.G3S5 1891 .P7

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99446452

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Preston, Noble D, and United States Army. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Map 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, between the Union cavalry under Gen. D. McM. Gregg and the Confederate cavalry under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. [?, 1863] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99446452/.

APA citation style:

Preston, N. D. & United States Army. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. (1863) Map 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, between the Union cavalry under Gen. D. McM. Gregg and the Confederate cavalry under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99446452/.

MLA citation style:

Preston, Noble D, and United States Army. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers. Map 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, between the Union cavalry under Gen. D. McM. Gregg and the Confederate cavalry under Gen. J.E.B. Stuart. [?, 1863] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99446452/>.