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Source Description
Torn in Two: In addition to newspaper maps, commercially published battle maps were available to folks on the home front for following the progress of the war. A number of such maps were published by Boston firms. For example, Boston publisher G.W. Tomlinson issued a map of Petersburg, Virginia, near the end of the war. Using a concentric ring overlay, it depicted the Union siege under the command of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, of this vital railroad center approximately 20 miles south of Richmond. The map clearly delineated the elaborate trench network that both sides constructed during the campaign. The assault began in June 1864 and lasted for ten months, the longest sustained operation of the war.
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Document identity
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xg94j2198
label
Tomlinsons map of Petersburg
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
xg94j2198
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Tomlinsons map of Petersburg
description
Torn in Two: In addition to newspaper maps, commercially published battle maps were available to folks on the home front for following the progress of the war. A number of such maps were published by Boston firms. For example, Boston publisher G.W. Tomlinson issued a map of Petersburg, Virginia, near the end of the war. Using a concentric ring overlay, it depicted the Union siege under the command of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, of this vital railroad center approximately 20 miles south of Richmond. The map clearly delineated the elaborate trench network that both sides constructed during the campaign. The assault began in June 1864 and lasted for ten months, the longest sustained operation of the war.
date
["1864"]
year
1864
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006552
creators
Stoecklein, Charles.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century--Maps
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns--Maps
Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
Petersburg
United States
Virginia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Virginia
city
Petersburg
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
G. W. Tomlinson
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
37.2167
schema:longitude
-77.4
extent
1 map : 41 x 34 cm.
notes
Shows radial distances to Petersburg from surrounding areas, names of roads, rail roads, drainage, towns, and fortifications for Union and Confederate armies.
Relief shown by hachures.
Below lower margin: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by G. W. Tomlinson, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of Mass.
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no
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xg94j2198
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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e8ea16d8518e5576