Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Ambia, Benton County, Indiana.

Sheet 1

Finished ms. version of later printed map showing Federal cavalry positions and movements, camp and barracks of the 10th N.Y. Cavalry in 1861-62, drainage, vegetation, roads, streets, railroad, houses, and names of occupants. Covers troop positions in rural areas east of Gettysburg. Relief of hills shown by form lines. Author's name and date of preparation from, 1989. Printed version appears in Preston's History of the Tenth Regiment of Cavalry, New York State Volunteers, Aug. 1861 to Aug. 1865. New York, D. Appleton, 1892, opp. p. 116. In lower margin: The government maps used by permission of the Chief of Engineers, U.S.A. Pen-and-ink (india ink). Accompanied by 2 untitled ms. maps, presumably done as preliminary studies, on which the Union cavalry actions have been sketched partly in ink and partly in pencil. Also accompanied by 4 untitled ms. maps of the movements of "Stuart's cavalry, July 3, 2 to 5 P.M." apparently drawn as preliminary studies for the Confederate troop positions, which appear in red on the printed version. 6 maps: ms.; 50 x 64 cm. or smaller, on sheets 55 x 73 cm. Includes text. ), 346 Available also th

Date

1863

Mapmaker / publisher

Preston, Noble D.; United States. Army. Office Of The Chief Of Engineers

Archive

Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)

Type

map

Sheets

7

Original size

7,652 × 5,251 pixels

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