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This collection contains material relevant to the Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, which took place on May 5, 1862 during the Civil War. Articles describing the events, photographs and sketches, as well as maps, are represented here.
This collection was originally part of the Civil War Collection, Mss. 39.1 C76. The former citation was Civil War Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Photostat.
Negative and positive photostats.
Negative and positive photostatst.
Photostat of the cover page of the Historie de la Guerre Civile en Amerique par M. LeComte De Paris [Louis Phillippe Albert d'Orleans (1838 - 1894)].
Photostat of the cover page of A View of the Constitution of the United States of America by William Rawle (Philadelphia, 1829) with an autograph of Benjamin S. Ewell.
Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.: "The Hospital on the Battlefield of Williamsburg - Union and Confederate Surgeons Attending" -- sketched by Private Fortescue.
Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.: "The Battle of Williamsburg, Va., on the Peninsula Between York and James Rivers, May 6, 1862" -- sketched by A. Waud.
Photograph, 8" x 10", black and white, of a sketch from the Official and Illustrated War Record, Washington, D.C.:"Advance of the Union Army on the Road between Yorktown and Williamsburg-The Telegraph Corps Raising the Wire" -- sketched by Thomas Nast [1862].
Lithograph of an artist's conception of the charge on May 5, 1862 by Union troops under Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock during the Battle of Williamsburg.
The maps of the Peninsula Campaign are dated April 4, 1862, May 5, 1862, and May 24, 1862. 1" = 6 miles. Negative and positive photostats. From the West Point Atlas, vol. I. Accompanying text to the above maps from the West Point Atlas: Maps 40-42. Photostat.
"The March from Williamsburg" is an illustration from Harper's History of the Great Rebellion. Negative and positive photostats.
Map of the Reconnaissance of Part of the Rebel Works in Front of Williamsburg. Three views. M.D. McAlester, Lt. Engrs. 1" = 500 yds. Positive and negative photostats.
Map of Fort Fisher, NC, carried by Assault by the U.S. Forces, Maj. Gen. A.H. Terry, Commanding. 1" = 320 ft. Negative and positive photostats and printed copy.
Photocopy of pen and ink sketches of the College [Wren Building, College of William and Mary] Building during its use as a Union hospital and of Fort Magruder and other Confederate earthworks situated about a mile east of Williamsburg, VA. Positive photostat.
"The Opposing Forces at Williamsburg, VA" giving data from the Official Records on the "Composition, losses, and the strength of each army." [From Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, vol. 2]. Negative and positive photostats.
Map of the Fight at Big Bethel, June 10, 1861, of the Siege of Yorktown, April 5 to May 4, 1862, and the Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862. J. Wells, Cartographer, 1" = 4 miles. Negative and positive photostats. The map originated from Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, II (NY, 1888).
Campaign map of the Army of the Potomac and its part in the battle of Williamsburg, Va. H.L. Abbott, Top Engrs., 1 mile:1 inch.