Baum, A. Clark (b. 1832) [Manuscript Civil War map of the Battle of Rappahannock Station]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06013.03 Author/Creator: Baum, A. Clark (b. 1832) Place Written: Rappahannock Station, Virginia Type: Map Date: circa November 1863 Pagination: 1 map : b & w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm. Order a Copy
Shows pontoon bridges, batteries, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad, various fortifications, the locations and movements of the 5th and 6th Army Corps, and the routes of Confederate reinforcements. Also shows General John Sedgwick's headquarters. There are photographs of Baum's 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.
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