Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss. by the U.S. forces under the command of Maj. Genl. U.S. Grant, U.S. Vls., Maj. F. E. Prime, Chief Engr. [map] /
by Spangenberg, Charles ; Comstock, C. B. (Cyrus Ballou) ; Matz, Otto H ; Wilson, James H .United States Army.Corps of Engineers.
Publisher: [Washington? : Corps of Engineers, 1863] .Description: 1 map : col. ; 70 x 74 cm. on sheet 76 x 85 cm .Subject(s): Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps | Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps | Maps -- 19th century Online Resources: Link to Electronic Resource Contents:Inset title: "Topographical profiles and cross sections of artillery batteries."| Item type | Location | Collection | Call Number | Status | Notes | Date Due |
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| Online | Online Electronic Resource | Electronic Records | MA/92.0150(d) | Open Shelf | Link to Electronic Resource | |
| Archive Request | Archival Reading Room | Maps | MA/92.0150(d) | Available |
Date of situation: 1863.
Shows: Location of Union and Confederate entrenchments.
Relief shown by spot heights and hachures.
Oriented with North to the upper left.
Handwritten on piece: "This map accompanied the official report of Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant of the Siege and surrender of Vicksburg to the War Department".
"Head Qrs. of the Dept. of the Tenn., Vicksburg, Miss. Aug. 20th 1863".
"Engr. on stone by J. Schedler No 120 Pearl St., N.Y."
Inset title: "Topographical profiles and cross sections of artillery batteries."
Zoomify JPEG file, Mississippi Department of Archives and History, [2011]. Map scanned as TIFF file then converted to Zoomifiy JPEG file.
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