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Confederate engineers' maps : Jeremy Francis Gilmer collection.

Author/creator Gilmer, J. F., 1818-1883
Other author/creatorMinis, Louisa.
Format Map and Print
Publication Info[Richmond] : Virginia Historical Society, ©1989.
Description67 maps on 94 sheets ; sheets 61 x 92 cm, in box 62 x 93 x 2 cm
Subject(s)
Military topography--Virginia --Maps.
Military topography--North Carolina --Maps.
Military topography--West Virginia --Maps.
Landowners--Virginia --Maps.
Landowners--North Carolina --Maps.
Landowners--West Virginia --Maps.
Cartography--Confederate States of America --Maps.
Virginia--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Maps.
North Carolina--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Maps.
West Virginia--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Maps.
Cartographic dataScales differ.
Contents 1. Albemarle County, 1864 -- 2. Amelia County, 1864 -- 3. Amelia County, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 4. Amelia County, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 5. Bedford County, 1864 -- 6. Bedford County, 1864 -- 7. Botetourt County, 1864 -- 8. Botetourt County, 1864 -- 9. Botetourt County (Southwest Section), 1864 -- 10. Botetourt County (Northwest Section), 1864 -- 11. Brunswick County, 1864 -- 12. Campbell County, 1864 -- 13. Caroline and surrounding counties, 1863 (1 of 6) -- 14. Caroline and surrounding counties, 1863 (2 of 6) -- 15. Caroline and surrounding counties, 1863 (3 of 6) -- 16. Caroline and surrounding counties, 1863 (4 of 6) -- 17. Caroline and surrounding counties, 1863 (5 of 6) -- 18. Caroline and surrounding counties, 1863 (6 of 6) -- 19. Caroline County, 1864 -- 20. Central Virginia, 1864 -- 21. Charlotte County, 1864 -- 22. Chesterfield County, 1862-63 (1 of 2) -- 23. Chesterfield County, 1862-63 (2 of 2) -- 24. Chesterfield County, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 25. Chesterfield County, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 26. Drewry's Bluff, Chesterfield County, 1864 -- 27. Craig, Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski Counties, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 27. Drewry's Bluff, Chesterfield County, 1864 -- 28. Craig, Giles, Montgomery, and Pulaski Counties, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 29. Cumberland County, 1864 -- 30. Dinwiddie County, 1864 -- 31. Eastern Virginia, 1864 (1 of 6) -- 32. Eastern Virginia, 1864 (2 of 6) -- 33. Eastern Virginia, 1864 (3 of 6) -- 34. Eastern Virginia, 1864 (4 of 6) -- 35. Eastern Virginia, 1864 (5 of 6) -- 36. Eastern Virginia, 1864 (6 of 6) -- 37. Fauquier County, 1863 -- 38. Fluvanna County, 1863 -- 39. Goochland County, 1863 -- 40. Greensville County, 1863 (1 of 2) -- 41. Greensville County, 1863 (2 of 2) -- 42. Greensville County, 1863 (1 of 2) -- 43. Greensville County, 1863 (2 of 2) -- 44. Greensville County, 1864 -- 45. Hanover County, 1864 -- 46. Henrico County, 1862 -- 47. King William County, 1862 -- 52. King William County, 1865 -- 53. Louisa County, 1863 -- 54. Lynchburg and vicinity, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 55. Lynchburg and vicinity, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 56. Mecklenburg County, 1864 -- 57. Mecklenburg, Brunswick, and Greensville Counties, 1864 -- 58. Montgomery County, 1864 -- 59. Nelson and surrounding counties, 1863 -- 60. New Kent, Charles City, and York Counties, 1863 (1 of 2) -- 61. New Kent, Charles City, and York Counties, 1863 (2 of 2) -- 62. Nottoway County, 1864 -- 63. Orange County, 1864 -- 64. Petersburg and vicinity, 1864 -- 65. Powhatan County, 1864 -- 66. Prince Edward County, 1864 -- 67. Prince George County, 1863 -- 68. Richmond and York River Railroad, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 69. Richmond and York River Railroad, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 70. Roanoke County, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 71. Roanoke County, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 72. Roanoke County, 1863 -- 73. Rockbridge County, 1863 -- 74. Rockbridge County (section number 1) -- 75. Rockbridge County (section number 2) -- 76. Rockbridge County (section number 3) -- 77. Lower Shenandoah Valley I, 1864 -- 78. Lower Shenandoah Valley II, 1864 (1 of 3) -- 79. Lower Shenandoah Valley I, 1864 -- 78. Lower Shenandoah Valley II, 1864 (2 of 3) -- 80. Lower Shenandoah Valley I, 1864 -- 78. Lower Shenandoah Valley II, 1864 (3 of 3) -- 81. South Side of James River, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 82. South Side of James River, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 83. Spotsylvania and surrounding counties, 1864 -- 84. Stafford County, 1863 (1 of 2) -- 85. Stafford County, 1863 (2 of 2) -- 86. Surry, Sussex, and Southampton Counties, 1863 (1 of 2) -- 87. Surry, Sussex, and Southampton Counties, 1863 (2 of 2) -- 88. Western and southwestern Virginia, 1862 -- 89. Bertie County, North Carolina, 1863 -- 90. Bertie County, North Carolina, 1864 (1 of 2) -- 91. Bertie County, North Carolina, 1864 (2 of 2) -- 92. Brunswick County, North Carolina, 1863 -- 93. Eastern North Carolina, 1864 -- 94. Hertford and part of Northampton and Bertie Counties, North Carolina, 1863.
General noteEach map covers a county, area, or military fortification in Virginia, North Carolina, or West Virginia.
General noteSome maps show names of landowners.
General noteRelief shown by hachures on some sheets.
General noteTitle from label on box.
General noteAt head of title on some maps: Chief Engineer's Office D.N.V., Maj. Gen. J.F. Gilmer, chief engineer.
General noteSome maps have a presentation inscription from Louisa Minis: Map from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va., General J.F. Gilmer, chief engineer.
General noteSurveyors and engineers cited on maps: A.D Bache, Benjamin Lewis Blackford, Albert H. Campbell, Charles E. Cassell, John M. Coyle, C.S. Dwight, H.M. Graves, D.E. Henderson, W. Hutchinson, Walter Izard, William H. James, P.W.O. Koerner, E.T.D. Myers, James Innes Randolph, C.F.N. Smith, S.L. Sommers, and Andrew Talcott.
General notePhotocopy. "Original in possession of the Virginia Historical Society."
General noteMost of the original maps were donated to the Virginia Historical Society in 1911 by Louisa Minis of Savannah, Ga., J.F. Gilmer's daughter.
General noteSome maps have a memorial card commemorating the lamination of the map by the Sons of the American Revolution in 1942, in memory of George Bryan.
LCCN 91681264

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