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This plan shows about half the line, including the point of attack. The Rebel works are laid down from reconnoissances [sic] made immediately after the evacuation, and are correctly, but very incompletely represented, owing to want of time for sketching minor details.-Our works of siege, including the approaches in the ravines of Wormley Creek, are accurately shown. Redoubts being denoted by letters, and batteries by numbers.
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9s161c27p
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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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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
9s161c27p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
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
description
This plan shows about half the line, including the point of attack. The Rebel works are laid down from reconnoissances [sic] made immediately after the evacuation, and are correctly, but very incompletely represented, owing to want of time for sketching minor details.-Our works of siege, including the approaches in the ravines of Wormley Creek, are accurately shown. Redoubts being denoted by letters, and batteries by numbers.
date
["[1862]"]
year
1862
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_007523
creators
Abbot, Henry L.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1862--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
Virginia
York (county)
Yorktown
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Virginia
county
York
city
Yorktown
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
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import
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S.l
publisher
s.n.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
37.2333
schema:longitude
-76.5
extent
1 map ; 43 x 72 cm.
notes
This plan shows about half the line, including the point of attack. The Rebel works are laid down from reconnoissances [sic] made immediately after the evacuation, and are correctly, but very incompletely represented, owing to want of time for sketching minor details.-Our works of siege, including the approaches in the ravines of Wormley Creek, are accurately shown. Redoubts being denoted by letters, and batteries by numbers.
Contains a list of the "proposed armament of batteries."
Indicates headquarters of Generals McClellan, Porter, Woodbury, and Heintzelman, houses, names of residents, roads, drainage, vegetation, and relief by hachures and spot heights.
Description derived from published bibliography.
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no
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9s161c27p
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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1024abb561f1be4c