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 File — Box: Oversized Map Drawers D, Folder: (1.d)

Civil War Map #38 Lloyd's official map of the state of Virginia : from actual surveys by the order of the executive,, 1828 & 1859

Dates

  • 1828 & 1859

Scope and Contents

Corrected and revised by J.T. Lloyd to 1862 ; from surveys made by Capt. W. Angelo Powell of the U.S. Topographical Engineers of Gen. Rosencran's staff

[Annotations circa June 1863)

Scale: [one inch equals approx. 10 miles]

Lithograph with added hand-color on wove paper

"N.B. This is the only map used to plan campaigns in Virginia by Gen. McClellan"

Stained with black ink in lower right-hand portion and margin : margin on lower right corner has been cut away

Annotated in graphite : apparently denoting surveyors computations and distances : from Snow Hill, Maryland, north and north-east to Allentown, Pennsylvania ; north and north-west through Annapolis, across Pennsylvania to the Ohio River at Pittsburgh : additional computations in graphite in the upper margin, right-hand side

Encapsulated, back on paper

127 x 90 cm (124 x 80 cm where margin has been cut away)

Commercial maps - J.T. Lloyd - W. Angelo Powell - Annotated - Washington A. Roebling(?)

[Maybe John A. Roebling's Map brought to Gettysburg by Washington A. Roebling in June 1863]

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English