Rough sketch of Richmond & Petersburg and surrounding works & railroads

Day, Albert A., 1840-? Rough sketch of Richmond & Petersburg and surrounding works & railroads

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GLC#
GLC02249.02
Type
Maps
Date
20 September 1864
Author/Creator
Day, Albert A., 1840-?
Title
Rough sketch of Richmond & Petersburg and surrounding works & railroads
Place Written
Virginia
Pagination
1 map Height: 31 cm, Width: 40.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Author is Captain Albert A. Day of Company K, 20th Michigan Infantry, 9th Corps. The map notes rail roads, General Ulysses S. Grant's supply train, Jerusalem Plank Road, Deep Bottom, Jones's Neck, Malvern Hill, Chickahominy River, the fortifications of Richmond and Petersburg, Union lines surrounding Petersburg, the Weldon Rail Road, Reams Station, Confederate works surrounding Petersburg, and the Appomattox and James Rivers, among other features. Possibly drawn in Virginia.

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