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Map [Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5]

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Title

  • [Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, 1864-5]

Names

  • Weyss, J. E.

Created / Published

  • [1865?]

Headings

  • -  Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--Petersburg

Genre

  • Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Call no. cited in LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.): G3884.P4S5 1865 .W52 Vault
  • -  This is an overlay designed to be used with the map of the siege of Petersburg by J.E. Weyss.
  • -  Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989.
  • -  Includes brief field notes in pencil, red ink, and black ink, probably written by Federal engineers, and shows the location of several camps of the U.S. Engineers and the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac on June 22 to July 11, 1864, July 12 to Oct. 1, 1864, and Oct. 2, 1864, to Mar. 29, 1865.
  • -  Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 619

Medium

  • 1 map : col. ms., cloth ; 67 x 73 cm., on sheet 75 x 78 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3884.P4S5 1865 .O9

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99446554

Online Format

  • image

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Weyss, J. E. Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, -5. [?, 1865] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99446554/.

APA citation style:

Weyss, J. E. (1865) Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, -5. [?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99446554/.

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Weyss, J. E. Overlay to the map of the siege of Petersburg, -5. [?, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99446554/>.