“S.E. portion of Virginia and N.E. portion of N’th Carolina”

The text in the catalog record states that this map shows “fortifications, settlements, roads, railroads, canals, streams, swamps, and distances.”

The text in the collar states “Military Considerations — The N’th Carolina inland waters being in our possession, and NORFOLK deprived of the use of the Canals and her dependence now being upon the two rail roads for connection with the south, via Petersburg and Richmond and Weldon, it is a once seen from the map, that Suffolk on the Nansemond becomes the Strategic point for reducing Norfolk. There are two ways for military operations upon Suffolk which I will briefly notice; first let Fort Monroe & New Ports News be the Base of Operations, with Gunboats destroy the few batteries on the Nansemond, and land two divisions – one on either siede [sic] of the Nansemond where the turnpike is seen to come to both banks, about 8 miles up from its mouth: each division then marching by land directly upon Suffolk, one fighting its ways against the forces coming down from Petersburg or from those coming by way of James River; and the other division fighting its way against all forces coming from the direction of Norfolk: Out two divisions would then be able to occupy and hold Suffolk and we should have the Nansemond which carries 8 feet of water quite up to Suffolk for the furnishing of supplies by steamboats to our army at Suffolk.”