Map of the Rappahannock River fron [sic] Port Royal to Richards Ferry / drawn from surveys made by officers of the Engineer Brigade and charts of the Coast Survey of the river below Fredericksburg ; under the direction of Brig. Gen. D.P. Woodbury ; extensions made since March 1863 under direction of Brig. Gen. H.W. Benham ; Sergt. John S. Vernam del'r.

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Vernam, John S.

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Map of the Rappahannock River from Port Royal to Richards Ferry

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1863]

NOTES
Relief shown by hachures.

Also covers Fredericksburg city region.

Shows "Lines of Gen. Hooker" at Chancellorsville, "Battle field of Gen. Sedgwick" at Salem Church, military bridges, towns, farmsteads with residents' names, wooded areas, and streams.

Pen-and-ink (black/red) and watercolor (blue).

Endorsed in ink handwriting on verso on 2 panels: Map of the Rappahannock from Port Royal to Kelly's Ford, showing the crossings of Gen. Hookers army and the ground occupied by our forces in and around Chancellorville [sic].

Oriented with north toward the upper left.

A printed version of this map appears as plate 39, map 2, in the U.S. War Dept.'s: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies (Washington, G.P.O., 1891-95).

The area south of Chancellorsville is on a separate linen sheet spliced to the bottom of the main sheet.

Includes index of military bridge construction sites.

Reference: LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 619.6

Transfer from the Gist Blair papers; LC Manuscript Division; 1936.

Scale [ca. 1:63,360. 1 in. to 1 mile].

SUBJECTS
Rappahannock River Valley (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
Rappahannock River Valley (Va.)--Maps, Manuscript.
Fredericksburg Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
Fredericksburg Region (Va.)--Maps, Manuscript.
Military bridges--Virginia--Rappahannock River--Maps.
Military bridges--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region--Maps.
United States--Virginia--Rappahannock River Valley.
United States--Virginia--Fredericksburg Region.

MEDIUM
1 ms. map : col., tracing linen ; on sheet 42 x 88 cm., folded to 18 x 8 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3882.R38S5 1863 .V4 Vault : CW 619.6

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g3882r cw0619600 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3882r.cw0619600

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