Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

Position of troops at sunset August 28th, 1862. [Second Manassas battle]

August 28, 2012

Library of Congress

Position of troops at sunset August 28th, 1862. [Second Manassas battle]

–  Scale 1:126,720 (“half an inch to the mile”).-  LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 573.7-  From U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Supplemental to Senate report no. 142, 38th Congress, 2d session (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1866). v. 2, fol. p. 190.-  Accompanies “Report of Major General John Pope to the hon. Committee on the Conduct of the War.” 217 p.-  “No. 4” is in the upper right margin.-  Map indicates roads, railroads, place names, drainage, and troop positions.Library of Congress map

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