Scene of the present terrible conflict in front of Richmond. Positions formerly held by our right wing-Mechanicsville, White House, Meadows Bridge, Gaines' House, Dispatch and Tunstall's Station's-The Pamunkey River still commanded by our gunboats-Fort Darling menaced by the Union fleet-James River our present base of operations, and forming our means of communication for supplies
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LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 465.65
From the Philadelphia Inquirer, Tuesday, July 1, 1862. p. 1.
Map of the area east of Richmond showing Union headquarters on the Chickahominy near Bottoms Bridge, the skirmish at Barhamsville (Eltham's Landing), May 8, 1862, and the battleground at West Point, May 2, 1862.
Description derived from published bibliography.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
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Date
01/01/1862
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united states
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Library of Congress
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