Contributor

Frank and Virginia Williams

Description

This black and white illustration is a map of the positions at Fox and Turner's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain. The key or "explanation" identifies Union versus Confederate placement with different lines. Confederate forces D. H. Hill's Division and part of Longstreet's corps is identified on the left side of the map and Federal forces Hooker's and Reno's Corps Commanded by Major Gen. Burnside is identified on the right side of the map. Also identified are General Lee's Headquarters and Major General McClellan's headquarters. This illustration is in volume six of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.

Publication Date

1890

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Publisher

New York : The Century Co

Time Period

1890-1899

Subjects

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

Object Type

image

Format (original)

illustration

Format (digital)

JPG

Digital ID

FVW_NH_V6_Battle-of-South-Mountain_001

Source

Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

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