Map [Map of King William County, Va.]

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About this Item

Title

  • [Map of King William County, Va.]

Names

  • Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office.
  • Blackford, B. L. (Benjamin Lewis), 1835-1908.

Created / Published

  • [S.l. : Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V.], 1865.

Headings

  • -  Gilmer, Jeremy Francis,--1818-1883--Map collection
  • -  King William County (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
  • -  United States--Virginia--King William County

Notes

  • -  "Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Hanwritten note on map.
  • -  "This county contains 310 square miles. The lines of the rivers as far as practicable were run by the instrument and the houses on the opposite sides were established by intersecting sights. Wooded land is noted by green tints; open land by burnt ochre. Public roads are shown by double red lines. Neighborhood and farm roads by single lines, paths by dotted lines."--handwritten note on map.
  • -  Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911.
  • -  Manuscripts o.s.

Medium

  • 1 map : col. on linen ; 53 x 74 cm.

Repository

  • Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau

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Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office, and B. L Blackford. Map of King William County, Va. [S.l.: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V, 1865] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00351/.

APA citation style:

Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office & Blackford, B. L. (1865) Map of King William County, Va. [S.l.: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00351/.

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Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office, and B. L Blackford. Map of King William County, Va. [S.l.: Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V, 1865] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gvhs01.vhs00351/>.