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Map of the first & second division of the James River & Kanawha Canal.

Confederate States of America. Army. Dept. of Northern Virginia. Chief Engineer's Office.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[S.l. : Chief Engineer's Office, D.N.V., 1863].

NOTES
"Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map.

Extends from Richmond west to Buchanan, Va., indicating the streams feeding into the James and the locations of roads, which are indentified.

Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection.

Relief shown by hachures.

Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911.

Manuscripts o.s.

Scale ca. 1:126,720.

SUBJECTS
Gilmer, Jeremy Francis,--1818-1883--Map collection.
James River (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Maps.
James River and Kanawha Canal (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Date: 1863.
Source: Minis, Louisa Porter, 1852-1921.
United States--Virginia--James River and Kanawha Canal.
United States--Virginia--James River.

MEDIUM
1 map : col. on linen ; 57 x 163 cm. on 2 sheets.

REPRODUCTION NUMBER
Map F232 J2 1863:1

REPOSITORY
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA

DIGITAL ID
gvhs01 vhs00369 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00369

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