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Map Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va. : conducted by the Army of the Potomac under command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan U.S.A., April 5th to May 3rd 1862

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Title

  • Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va. : conducted by the Army of the Potomac under command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan U.S.A., April 5th to May 3rd 1862

Names

  • Abbot, Henry L.
  • Gedney, J. F.
  • Krebs, Charles G.
  • United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.

Created / Published

  • [Washington : Corps of Engineers?, 1862?]

Headings

  • -  Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862--Maps
  • -  York County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1862--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--York County
  • -  United States--Virginia--Williamsburg
  • -  United States--Virginia--Yorktown

Notes

  • -  Contains a list of the "proposed armament of batteries."
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Indicates headquarters of Generals McClellan, Porter, Woodbury, and Heintzelman, houses, names of residents, roads, drainage, vegetation, and relief by hachures and spot heights.
  • -  Oriented with north to upper right.
  • -  This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library's Archives Research Services department for more information.
  • -  LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 673
  • -  Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 977
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
  • -  c. 1 Jan. 1913, Libbie, b; c. 2 source unknown; c. 3 photocopy, LVA; Map Cataloging Team.
  • -  C. 1, Map accession no. 943 (1913); c. 2 map accession no. 5216x; c. 3 (on 2 sheets, negative photostats, sheets 45 x 40 cm.)
  • -  Civil War project no.: lva00124.
  • -  Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, April 2003.
  • -  Digital image available: 21 x 30.5 in.
  • -  Previously filed as: 755.412 M6 1861-1865 1862

Medium

  • 1 map : mounted on paper ; 43 x 71 cm. on sheet 53 x 78 cm.

Repository

  • Library of Virginia Richmond, VA 23219-8000 USA vau For copies contact: Archives Research Services.

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Chicago citation style:

Abbot, Henry L, J. F Gedney, Charles G Krebs, and United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va.: conducted by the Army of the Potomac under command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan U.S.A., April 5th to May 3rd. [Washington: Corps of Engineers?, ?, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000124/.

APA citation style:

Abbot, H. L., Gedney, J. F., Krebs, C. G. & United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. (1862) Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va.: conducted by the Army of the Potomac under command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan U.S.A., April 5th to May 3rd. [Washington: Corps of Engineers?, ?] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000124/.

MLA citation style:

Abbot, Henry L, et al. Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va.: conducted by the Army of the Potomac under command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan U.S.A., April 5th to May 3rd. [Washington: Corps of Engineers?, ?, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/lva0000124/>.