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Preferred Citation

Battle of Williamsburg prints, 1871-1979, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Sheila and Terry Meyers, 2019.

Scope and Contents

Five prints from various publications depicting the Battles of Williamsburg and surrounding areas including Yorktown and Big Bethel during the Peninsula Campaign conducted by the Union Army and lead by General George B. McClellan in 1862. The prints are drawings showing Union and Confederate soldiers at battle, using barns as hospitals, and marching as they advance toward Richmond.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American Civil War, 1861-1865
• Meyers, Terry and Sheila
• United States. Army of the Potomac
• Williamsburg, Battle of, Williamsburg, Va., 1862