Abbot, H. L. Campaign Maps Army of the Potomac Map No. 1. Yorktown to Williamsburg. Prepared by Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, U.S.A. Commanding Army of the Potomac Brig. Gen. A. A. Humphreys Chief of Top. Eng'rs Army of the Potomac. Map compiled in Bureau of Top. Eng'rs, April, 1862. U.S. Coast Survey Charts. Compilation, under the direction of Brig. Gem. A. A. Humphreys, by Capt. H. L. Abbot, Top. Eng'rs. Engraved by W. H. Dougal. 1862.
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Size: 45 x 53 cm. (CW copy does not appear to be the entire map.) Scale: 2.5 cm. = 1 statute mile Oriented with northwest at the top. Shows a section of the lower Virginia peninsula from Williamsburg to the mouths of the Warwick and York rivers. Jamestown Is. is separated from the mainland by Back River. Clebe [sic] and College Creek are indicated on the mainland. Much detail on the mainland, including wooded and cleared land, roads, buildings and military positions, but not on Jamestown Island. Available: CW
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Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem LibraryCollege of William and Mary400 Landrum DrivePO 8795Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
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