Map Map of the battlefield of Antietam, [Sept. 17, 1862]

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • Map of the battlefield of Antietam, [Sept. 17, 1862]

Names

  • Willcox, William H.

Created / Published

  • [Philada., Lith. of P. S. Duval & Son, 1862]

Headings

  • -  Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862--Maps
  • -  United States--Maryland--Antietam
  • -  Antietam, Battle of, Md

Genre

  • Maps
  • Salted paper prints--1861-1865

Notes

  • -  [Scale ca. 1:13,300].
  • -  Inscribed in longhand as follows: Obtained from Washington & presented to Gen. R. E. Lee by J. E. B. Stuart.
  • -  This map was in the possession of Jedediah Hotchkiss at the time of his death. Major Hotchkiss served as topographic engineer with the Army of Northern Virginia. In July 1948, the Library of Congress purchased his map collection.
  • -  Description derived from published bibliography.
  • -  Civil War salted paper maps.
  • -  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 253
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

Medium

  • 1 map, [49 x 43 cm.]

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3844.S43S5 1862 .W5

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 99447397

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Willcox, William H. Map of the battlefield of Antietam, Sept. 17. [Philada., Lith. of P. S. Duval & Son, 1862] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99447397/.

APA citation style:

Willcox, W. H. (1862) Map of the battlefield of Antietam, Sept. 17. [Philada., Lith. of P. S. Duval & Son] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99447397/.

MLA citation style:

Willcox, William H. Map of the battlefield of Antietam, Sept. 17. [Philada., Lith. of P. S. Duval & Son, 1862] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447397/>.