This map of the peninsula between the York and James rivers was found by me in the office of the quartermaster of the rebel army at Williamsburg, Va. three days after the battle - J.O.S.
Shows unnamed major roads and a few place names. Ink and pencil mounted on paper. Folded into 16 sections, with losses along fold lines. In lower left corner: " AC 12,509 ". CW3 Acquisitions control no. 2002-21
- Date
- 1862
- Mapmaker / publisher
- Talieferro, E
- Place
- Virginia
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- map
- Original size
- 7,660 × 6,223 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
"This map of the peninsula between the York and James rivers was found by me in the office of the quartermaster of the rebel army at Williamsburg, Va. three days after the battle - J.O.S." (1862). Talieferro, E. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_map_of_the_peninsula_between_the_York_and_James_rivers_was_found_by_me_in_the_office_of_the_quartermaster_of_the_rebel_army_at_Williamsburg,_Va._three_days_after_the_battle_-_J.O.S._LOC_2002627418.jpgNeed maps for a whole project? Add Find Any Map to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 120125.
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