Format Map
Contributors Hughes, William C.
Dates 1864
Location Petersburg Region
Richmond Region
United States
Virginia
Language English
Subjects Civil War
History
Petersburg Region
Petersburg Region (Va.)
Richmond Region
Richmond Region (Va.)
United States
Virginia
Title
Hughes military map of Richmond & Petersburgh [sic], Va. Showing the Rebel fortifications drawn on the ground for the War Department by Major W. C. Hughes of Michigan
Description
Scale ca. 1:105,000.
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632
Copyright no 27521. "Deposited-July 23, 1864. R. J. Meigs Clk."
"Respectfully dedicated to the Army of the Potomac."
Insets: [View of] Libby Prison. 13 x 16 cm. [View of] Belle Island. 13 x 18 cm.
Shows Confederate forts, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, hachures, and houses.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
1 map, col., 57 x 66 cm.
Creator
Hughes, William C.
Created Published
[S.l., c1864.
Subject Headings
-  Richmond Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Petersburg Region (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Richmond Region.
-  United States--Virginia--Petersburg Region.
-  United States--Virginia.
Notes
-  Scale ca. 1:105,000.
-  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 632
-  Copyright no 27521. "Deposited-July 23, 1864. R. J. Meigs Clk."
-  "Respectfully dedicated to the Army of the Potomac."
-  Insets: [View of] Libby Prison. 13 x 16 cm. [View of] Belle Island. 13 x 18 cm.
-  Shows Confederate forts, roads, railroads, towns, vegetation, drainage, hachures, and houses.
-  Description derived from published bibliography.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Medium
1 map, col., 57 x 66 cm.
Call Number
G3884.R5S5 1864 H8
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu
Digital Id
g3884r cw0632000 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3884r.cw0632000
Library of Congress Catalog Number
99446356
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