Historic Maps » Part of the North Bank of the Rappahannock River. by Mallory, C.A. from 1862

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Author: Mallory, C.A.

Date: 1862

Short Title: Part of the North Bank of the Rappahannock River.

Publisher: Washington: U.S. Treasury Dept.

Type: Separate Map

Obj Height cm: 44

Obj Width cm: 85

Scale 1: 20,000

Note: Map without color showing roads, the river, towns, topography, and dwellings.

Reference: Stephenson 553.5. Cowell Collection.

State/Province: Virginia

City: Fredericksburg (Va.)

Region: Rappahannock River

Event: U.S. Civil War

Subject: Military ; Rivers

Full 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.

List No: 3839.001

Series No: 2

Engraver or Printer: Shoemacker, Chas ; Oswell, L.C. ; Marvin, H.H. ; Lathrop, Geo. F. ; Walker, L.E.

Publication Author: Mallory, C.A.

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 Type: Separate Map

Pub Maps: 1

Pub Height cm: 23

Pub Width cm: 12

Image No: 3839001

Institution: Rumsey Collection

Ownership Statement: Copyright 1998