Texas State Archives Map Collection



Battleground Formations at Vicksburg
Date: 1863
Publisher: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Branch of Plans and Designs.
Cartographer: Bearss, Edwin C.
Scale: 6 inches = 100 yards
Size: 77 cm x 87 cm
Type of Map: plan
Format: blueline
Language: English
AC Number: 01523a
Photo Media: -- None Listed --

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Description:
Shows the placement of the headquarters; regiments; trenches; brigades, giving dates, time of day of position, and commanding officers; railroads; roads; notes on action; and contour elevations, at intervals of ten feet. Among the positions of Texas troops shown are those of the 2nd Texas lunette. A list of the number killed in the three federal brigades which attacked the 2nd Texas lunette on May 22 is given. Blueline copy. The original map is at The Museum, Vicksburg Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi. 6/8/83

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