
Fort Powhatan situated on the James River is highlighted with a “star (a blue square with spokes) on the upper portion of this map. The Library of Virginia has the original map in its collection and a digital version on its website. There’s another digital image of the map on the Library of Congress website.
The catalog record at the Library of Congress includes these notes:
“- “May 26th 1862.”
– Shows roads, railroads, towns and rivers.
– This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Library’s Archives Research Services department for more information.
– Title from accompanying envelope.
– Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
– Source unknown; April 2004, Map Cataloging Team.
– Civil War project no.: lva00202.
– Conservation: Etherington Conservation Center, April 2004.
– Digital image available: 17 x 9.5 in.
– Map accession no. 5274.”
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