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Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], U.S. Department of Commerce, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Selected Civil War Maps, A&M 4191, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Selected Civil War maps reproduced from originals by the U.S. Coast Survey, 1861-1865. These were published by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in the period ca. 1955-1965, during the tenure of Rear Admiral H. Arnold Karo, Director.

There are a total of 20 maps. They include:

Plan of Fort Jackson, Mississippi, Showing Effect of Bombardment, 1862

Reconnaisance of the Mississippi River, 1862

Richmond, Virginia, 1864

Military Map of South-eastern Virginia, 1864

Map of Portions of Sea Coast, South Carolina and Georgia, 1861

Other maps include Vicksburg and Charleston Harbor.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Maps