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Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss.

Map of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss.

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Summary

Scale ca. 1:17,000 (not "1:15,840").
LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 285
Signed (facsim.): C. B. Comstock, Capt. of Engrs.
Detailed map showing entrenchments, roads, streets, railroads, hachures, vegetation, houses, and drainage.
Contains five topographic profiles, six cross sections of artillery batteries, and one cross section of a "rebel rifle pit."
For another issue, see Sherman map coll. no. 120.
Description derived from published bibliography.
LC copy 1 inscribed at bottom: Library Dept State.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Date

01/01/1863
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Contributors

Spangenberg, Charles.
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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