"Map of Dinwiddie and parts of Prince George and Sussex counties, Virginia"
Engineer Dept., Army of the Potomac, November 2nd, 1864 -- SCALE 2 in. = 1 mi.
The map extends from the Appomattox River on the north to Reams' Station in the south and from the Halifax Road to the Quaker Road in the west.
The map extends from the Appomattox River on the north to Reams' Station in the south and from the Halifax Road to the Quaker Road in the west.
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LC lva00191. Detail of vicinity of Pegram's and Peeble's Farms
Maps were copied and used for many purposes, including sketching in new information from scouting expeditions. Below is a reconnaissance map from the National Archives using the same November 2, 1864 base map as above but with extensive annotations. Union fortifications were mapped southwest to Hatcher's Run, but Confederate lines are largely sketched in. The topographers were taking bearings from the signal tower south of Fort Fisher and triangulating distances from the J. Davis house to Crawford Station on the USMRR, Forts Dushane, Clarke, Wadsworth, Cummings, and other points.
NARA RG77/G153-2-1. "Untitled Map of Petersburg, Virginia, and the country southwest of it"
Detail of the above map, showing triangulation and computations of Federal Engineers.
