Research Catalog

Title

Sketch exhibiting the position of Yorktown with the approaches : from reconnoissance [sic] and survey between the 5th and 18th of April, 1862 / A.A. Humphreys, chief of Top'l Engineers.

Author

Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : [Corps of Topographical Engineers], [1862]

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Details

Additional Authors

• United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, issuing body.
• General Daniel Butterfield Collection 54

Description

1 map : hand colored; 34 x 37 cm, sheet 37 x 40 cm

Alternative Title

Mapping the Nation (NEH grant, 2015-2018).

Subjects

• Virginia > Maps > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Yorktown (Va.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Maps
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Maps

Note

• Shows roads, rivers, homes, resident names and location of fortifications.
• "By command of Maj. Genl. Geo. B. McClellan. U.S.A. Commanding the Army of the Potomac."

Source (note)

• Mrs. Daniel Butterfield;

Call Number

Map Div. 15-454

OCLC

37033041

Author

Humphreys, A. A. (Andrew Atkinson), 1810-1883, cartographer.

Title

Sketch exhibiting the position of Yorktown with the approaches : from reconnoissance [sic] and survey between the 5th and 18th of April, 1862 / A.A. Humphreys, chief of Top'l Engineers.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : [Corps of Topographical Engineers], [1862]

Cartographic Data

Scale approximately 1:60,000 (W 76°33ʹ00ʺ--W 76°27ʹ34ʺ/N 37°15ʹ15ʺ--N 37°11ʹ54ʺ).

Type of Content

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Source

Gift; Mrs. Daniel Butterfield; 1903-1904

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Place of Publication

United States District of Colombia Washington

Added Author

United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers, issuing body.

General Daniel Butterfield Collection 54

Research Call Number

Map Div. 15-454