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Baum, A. Clark (b. 1832) [Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Chancellorsville]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06013.01 Author/Creator: Baum, A. Clark (b. 1832) Place Written: Chancellorsville, Virginia Type: Map Date: circa May 1863 Pagination: 1 map : docket : b & w ; 13 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy

Shows the U.S. Mine Ford. Also shows three pontoon bridges over the Rappahannock River, various Confederate batteries and rifle pits, hospital locations, and the location of Fitzhugh House. References to a skirmish on a Sunday night and a shelling on Monday morning probably refer to 26-27 April 1863 (but it possibly could be 3-4 May 1863). A note on back identifies the creator as "A Clark Bunn/Burn/Bun 50th N.Y.V. Eng." There are photographs of this regiment and its work in GLC05111.

Adam Clark Baum (b. 1832) of Otsego, New York enlisted in Company S of the 50th Engineers Regiment of New York on 28 Aug 1862 at Albany as an assistant surgeon; he resigned 31 January 1865.

Baum, A. Clark, fl. 1832-1863

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