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Map of western Virginia

This map was apparently captured by Confederate cavalry under the command of Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn during a raid on the Union arsenal at Holly Springs, Miss., in December 1862, and forwarded to the Confederate Engineer's Office in Richmond, Va.

Date
1862
Mapmaker / publisher
Nicholson, W. L.; Bache, Alexander Dallas; Krebs, Charles G.; Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office; U.S. Coast And Geodetic Survey
Place
Virginia
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Original size
6,439 × 7,775 pixels

Public domainsafest

Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Map of western Virginia" (1862). Nicholson, W. L.; Bache, Alexander Dallas; Krebs, Charles G.; Confederate States Of America. Army. Dept. Of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer'S Office; U.S. Coast And Geodetic Survey. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_western_Virginia_LOC_gvhs01.vhs00325.jpg

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