Position of Union Army April 5th and 6th 1862
Shows the area of Wormsley Creek to the north and Poquoson River to the south as McClellan's forces prepared to launch the siege of Yorktown, Va. The locations of Howard's Bridge across the Poquoson and the road from Yorktown to Hampton are also indicated.
Contributor:
Sneden, Robert Knox
Date:1862-04-05
Map
Yorktown to Williamsburg
Campaign map, Army of the Potomac, map no. 1
Description derived from published bibliography. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. 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.), 599 Swem, E.G. Maps relating to Virginia, 940 Available also through the Library of Congress web...
Contributor:
Dougal, William H. - United States. Army of the Potomac. Engineer Dept - Abbot, Henry L.
Date:1862
Map
Yorktown to Williamsburg
Scale ca. 1:63,360. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 599 At head of title: Campaign maps, Army of the Potomac, map no. 1. Shows fortifications, towns, roads, houses, names of residents, vegetation, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Contributor:
Abbot, Henry L.
Date:1862
Map
[Yorktown to Williamsburg]
Scale ca. 1:95,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 600 Principal rivers are hand-colored blue. Description derived from published bibliography. Civil War salted paper maps. AL-57. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Contributor:
Abbot, Henry L.
Date:1862
Map
Plan of Union and Rebel position at Yorktown Va.
Shows the area between the Warwick River and Yorktown to the north and Wormsley Creek to the south that was the Confederacy's first line of defense against McClellan's advance up the Virginia Peninsula. The location of the road to Warwick Court House is also indicated.
