Format Map
Dates 1864
Location United States
Virginia
Virginia Peninsula
Language English
Subjects 19Th Century
Civil War
Gilmer, Jeremy Francis
History
Map Collection
Railroads
Richmond And York River Railroad Company
United States
Virginia
Virginia Peninsula
Virginia Peninsula (Va.)
Title
Richmond and York River Railroad
Description
"Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map.
Extends from Richmond west to West Point. Also shows the course of the Pamunkey River.
Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection.
Relief shown by hachures.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911.
Manuscripts o.s.
1 map : col. on linen ; 44 x 79 cm.
Created Published
[S.l., s.n., 1864].
Subject Headings
-  Gilmer, Jeremy Francis,--1818-1883--Map collection.
-  Richmond and York River Railroad Company.
-  Railroads--History--19th century.--Virginia
-  Virginia Peninsula (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
-  United States--Virginia--Virginia Peninsula.
Notes
-  "Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map.
-  Extends from Richmond west to West Point. Also shows the course of the Pamunkey River.
-  Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection.
-  Relief shown by hachures.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.
-  Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911.
-  Manuscripts o.s.
Medium
1 map : col. on linen ; 44 x 79 cm.
Repository
Virginia Historical Society, P.O. Box 7311, Richmond, VA 23221-0311 USA vau
Digital Id
gvhs01 vhs00370 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00370


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