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Miscellaneous lithographed proof sheets of areas in Virginia - field surveys compiled and printed by the Engineer Department, Army of the Potomac

Shows towns, roads, railroads, rivers, and houses with names of residents. Relief shown by hachures. Title derived from R.W. Stephenson's: Civil War maps, 2nd ed., 1989. Sheets are unnumbered and untitled. Some sheets are mounted on cloth backing and are torn in margins with holes and water stains throughout. The sheet covering the environs of Dumfries, Acquia, and Stafford is marked "Proof sheet issued June 12th 1863 Hd. Qr. Army of the Potomac, Engineers Department"; the sheet covering the Warrenton and Bristoe Station area is marked "Office of Surveys and Maps for the Army of the Potomac, 78 Winder's Building, Sept. 15th 1863." Sheets covering Culpeper C.H. and vicinity, ed. Nov. 10, 1863, and Morrisville, Tackett's Mill, and vicinity, ed. Nov. 12, 1863 ), 483.5

Date
1863
Mapmaker / publisher
United States. Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department; Gedney, J. F.; United States. Army Of The Potomac. Office Of Surveys And Maps
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
map
Sheets
15
Original size
6,187 × 5,365 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.

Credit line

"Miscellaneous lithographed proof sheets of areas in Virginia - field surveys compiled and printed by the Engineer Department, Army of the Potomac" (1863). United States. Army Of The Potomac. Engineer Department; Gedney, J. F.; United States. Army Of The Potomac. Office Of Surveys And Maps. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miscellaneous_lithographed_proof_sheets_of_areas_in_Virginia_-_field_surveys_compiled_and_printed_by_the_Engineer_Department,_Army_of_the_Potomac_LOC_2003683055-1.jpg

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All 15 sheets

Each sheet links to its file at the archive; the image link is the full-size scan.

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