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Source Description
Includes a mileage table.
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Document identity
localId
xg94j2376
label
Map of the seat of war, positions of the rebel forces, batteries, entrenchments, and encampments in Virginia-the fortifications for the protection of Richmond
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
xg94j2376
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of the seat of war, positions of the rebel forces, batteries, entrenchments, and encampments in Virginia-the fortifications for the protection of Richmond
description
Includes a mileage table.
date
["[1861]"]
year
1861
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006565
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Fortification--Virginia
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
Virginia
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Virginia
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
London
publisher
London American
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
37
schema:longitude
-80
extent
1 map : col. ; 40 x 32 cm, on sheet 52 x 39 cm.
notes
Includes a mileage table.
Reference is made in the lower margin to the "Battle of Bull's [sic] Run, fought on Sunday, the 21st July [1861], about 22,000 unionists and about 60,000 rebels were in the engagement."
An earlier version of this map was published in the morning edition of the New York Herald, June 17, 1861. See Civil War Maps entry no. 451.3.
Description derived from published bibliography.
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no
dcId
xg94j2376
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map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
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photo
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be24d5eaf3d93e00