Siege of Yorktown Virginia Civil War Map (1862) Postcard

Title Official plan of the siege of Yorktown, Va., conducted under command of George B. McClellan, U.S.A., April 5th to May 3rd 1862 Contributor Names Abbot, Henry L. Created / Published [S.l., 1862] Subject Headings - Yorktown (Va.)--History--Siege, 1862--Maps - United States--Virginia--Yorktown Notes - Scale ca. 1:13,500. - LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 673 - "This plan shows about half the line, including the point of attack. The Rebel works are laid down from reconnoissances [sic] made immediately after the evacuation, and are correctly, but very incompletely represented, owing to want of time for sketching minor details.-Our works of siege, including the approaches in the ravines of Wormley Creek, are accurately shown. Redoubts being denoted by letters, and batteries by numbers." - Contains a list of the "proposed armament of batteries." - Indicates headquarters of McClellan, Porter, Woodbury, and Heintzelman, houses, names of residents, roads, drainage, vegetation, and relief by hachures and spot heights.