Siege of Yorktown. / Abbot, Henry L.; Comstock, Cyrus B.; Wagner, Orlando G.; United States. War Department / 1895

Siege of Yorktown. Abbot, Henry L.; Comstock, Cyrus B.; Wagner, Orlando G.; United States. War Department, 1895

Siege of Yorktown. / Abbot, Henry L.; Comstock, Cyrus B.; Wagner, Orlando G.; United States. War Department / 1895

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Full Title: Reconnaissance of secession works and plan of Siege of Yorktown. Made under orders of Gen'l. Barnard and Maj. Humphreys by Lieut. Abbot, Top. Engrs., Lieut. Comstock, Engrs., Lieut. Wagner, Top. Engrs. April and May 1862. Map no. 1. siege plan ... (with) Map of the battle-field of Shiloh, April 6th and 7th 1862. Accompanying report of Gen. G.T. Beauregard ... Topographical sketch of the line of operations of the Army of the Ohio, under the command of Major General D.C. Buell. Evacuation of Corinth by the enemy, May 30th, 1862 ... surveyed ... 1862 by N. Michler ... assisted by John E. Weiss (i.e. Weyss) ... Julius Bien & Co., Lith., N.Y. (1891-1895)

Author: Abbot, Henry L.; Comstock, Cyrus B.; Wagner, Orlando G.; United States. War Department

Date: 1895

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Author: Abbot, Henry L.; Comstock, Cyrus B.; Wagner, Orlando G.; United States. War Department

Date: 1895

Short Title: Siege of Yorktown.

Publisher: Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 43

Object Width cm: 70

Scale 1: 15,000

Note: Col. map with 2 ancillary maps. Relief shown by hachures.

State / Province: Virginia ; Tennessee ; Mississippi

City: Yorktown (Va.) ; Corinth (Miss.)

Event: U.S. Civil War

Subject: Military

List No: 1780.014

Page No: pl. XIV

Series No: 18

Engraver or Printer: Julius Bien & Co. ; Barnard, John G. ; Humphreys, Andrew A. ; Beauregard, G. T. ; Buell, Don Carlos ; Michler, Nathaniel ; Weyss, John E.

Published In: Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. Published under the direction of the Hons. Redfield Proctor, Stephen B. Elkins and Daniel S. Lamont, secretaries of war, by Maj. George B. Davis, U.S. Army, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, civilian expert, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, civilian expert, Board of Publication. Compiled by Capt. Calvin D. Cowles, 23d U.S. Infantry. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1891-1895.

Publication Author: United States. War Department; Davis, George B.; Perry, Leslie J.; Kirkley, JAW.; Cowles, Calvin D.

Publication Date: 1895

Publication Reference: LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 99; Civil War maps in the National Archives, 8; Phillips, 1353; LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 266.

Publication Note: See note field above.

Publication List No: 1780.000

Publication Type: Military Atlas

Publication Maps: 158

Publication Height cm: 47

Publication Width cm: 40

Image No: 1780014

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