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

Sketch showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va., August 26th to September 2, 1862

August 26, 2012

Library of Congress

Sketch showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va., August 26th to September 2, 1862

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Sketch showing positions of Second Corps, A.N.Va., August 26th to September 2, 1862 : embracing engagements at Bristoe Station, Manassas Junction, Groveton or Second Manassas, and Ox Hill or Chantilly, Va.

–  Shows names of some residents.
–  Relief shown by hachures.
–  Title and scale from Stephenson’s Civil War maps, 1989.
–  Pen-and-ink, colored pencil, and pencil mounted on cloth.
–  Similar to the map reproduced in the Atlas to accompany the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1891-95, pl. 111, no. 1.

Library of Congress map.

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