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Title: Bacon's large print war map showing 50 miles round Washington and Richmond.
Contributor Names: Bacon & Co.
Created / Published: London, [1864]
Subject Headings: - Petersburg (Va.)--History--Siege, 1864-1865--Maps; - Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps; - United States--Virginia--Petersburg; - United States--Virginia
Notes: - Scale ca. 1:480,000.; - LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 484; - Map of eastern Virginia and part of Maryland, showing engagements by crossed swords, fortifications surrounding Richmond, routes of the opposing armies to Petersburg, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. A few important Civil War sites are underlined in red.; - Description derived from published bibliography.; - Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Medium: 1 map, col., 85 x 55 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location: G3884.P4S5 1864 .B3
Repository: Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu
Digital Id: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3884p.cw0484000
Library of Congress Control Number: 99448879
Online Format: image
Description: Scale ca. 1:480,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 484 Map of eastern Virginia and part of Maryland, showing engagements by crossed swords, fortifications surrounding Richmond, routes of the opposing armies to Petersburg, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. A few important Civil War sites are underlined in red. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
LCCN Permalink: https://lccn.loc.gov/99448879
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Bacon & Co. Bacon's large print war map showing 50 miles round Washington and Richmond. [London, 1864] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99448879/. (Accessed July 28, 2017.)

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Bacon & Co. (1864) Bacon's large print war map showing 50 miles round Washington and Richmond. [London] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99448879/.

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