COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Cover: Part of Rappahannock River.
Obj Height cm:
23
Obj Width cm:
12
Note:
Folded map has no additional cover. Label pasted on the back of the map reads, "Map of Part of the North Bank of the Rappahannock River showing the approaches to Fredericksburg. Prepared under the direction of Capt. R.S. Williamson & 1st Lt. Nicholas Bowen Corps Topl. Engrs. U.S.A. for the use of the Army of the Potomac. Compiled by Fred. Churchill Vol. A.D.C. December 1862."
Full Title:
(Cover to) Part of the North Bank of the Rappahannock River showing the approaches to Fredericksburg, prepared under the direction of Capt. R.S. Williamson & 1st Lt. Nicholas Bowen ... for the use of the Army of the Potomac compiled by Fred. Churchill Vol. A.D.C. U.S. Coast Survey Chart of the Rappahannock River Surveys and Reconnoissances by C.A. Mallory, Chas. Shoemacker, L.C. Oswell, H.H. Marvin, Geo. F. Lathrop, Assistants. Drawn by C.A. Mallory. Reduced and photographed by L.E. Walker, Treasy. Dept.
List No:
3839A
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1862
Pub Title:
Part of the North Bank of the Rappahannock River showing the approaches to Fredericksburg, prepared under the direction of Capt. R.S. Williamson & 1st Lt. Nicholas Bowen ... for the use of the Army of the Potomac compiled by Fred. Churchill Vol. A.D.C. U.S. Coast Survey Chart of the Rappahannock River Surveys and Reconnoissances by C.A. Mallory, Chas. Shoemacker, L.C. Oswell, H.H. Marvin, Geo. F. Lathrop, Assistants. Drawn by C.A. Mallory. Reduced and photographed by L.E. Walker, Treasy. Dept.
Pub Reference:
Stephenson 553.5. Cowell Collection.
Pub Note:
Unusual reduced contemporary photocopy of a manuscript map. Photographic copying was a quicker way for the government to get map copies into the field, instead of having a lithographed copy made (see Stephenson p. 5-6). These photo maps are between lithographed and manuscript maps in character, and very scarce. Mounted on linen with ms label with the title, "Map of Part of the North Bank of the Rappahannock River... December 1862." This map and fifty other maps were the collection of Edwin T. Cowell and came from the estate of one of his descendants who died in Massachusetts. Cowell was a Sergeant in the Signal Corps at the Headquarters of Maj. Gen. W.S. Rosecrans, Army of the Cumberland. These maps cover the campaigns of the Army of the Cumberland, as well as other campaigns. Cowell probably put the maps together toward the end of the war and up to 1869 (the latest date on any of the maps).
Pub List No:
3839.000
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
23
Pub Width cm:
12
Image No:
3839A
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 1998
Event:
U.S. Civil War
Publisher Location:
Washington
Publisher:
U.S. Treasury Dept.
Type:
Covers
State/Province:
Virginia
City:
Fredericksburg (Va.)
Region:
Rappahannock River
Subject:
Military
Subject:
Rivers
Publication Author:
Mallory, C.A.
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Author:
Mallory, C.A.
Date:
1862
Cover: Part of Rappahannock River.
