File:Cox Situation May 1862.png
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English: Map describes the situation in May 1862 in southwestern Virginia during the American Civil War. Cox had two of his three brigades near Princeton, and hoped to attack the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad. His Third Brigade, commanded by Colonel George Crook, was near Lewisburg and planned an attack on the Virginia Central Railroad further east. A Confederate regional headquarters was located at the Dublin railroad depot in Newbern (misspelled as "Newbert" on the map). |
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| Source | This is a crop of an 1861 map created by O.N. Snow & Co. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress here, and shows Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia. Text box, circles, and arrows were added by TwoScarsUp based on descriptions in the books "The Battle of Lewisburg" by Richard L. Armstrong, "Military Reminiscences of the Civil War" by Jacob Dolson Cox, and "A History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory" by David E. Johnston. |
| Author | O.N. Snow with modifications by TwoScarsUp |
Southwestern Virginia (portions later became West Virginia)
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| current | 16:01, 13 May 2022 | | 933 × 774 (1.35 MB) | TwoScarsUp | Uploaded a work by O.N. Snow with modifications by TwoScarsUp from This is a crop of an 1861 map created by O.N. Snow & Co. The entire map can be found in the Library of Congress [https://www.loc.gov/item/lva0000091/ here], and shows Virginia, Delaware, Maryland & West Virginia. Text box, circles, and arrows were added by TwoScarsUp based on descriptions in the books "The Battle of Lewisburg" by Richard L. Armstrong, "Military Reminiscences of the Civil War" by Jacob Dolson Cox, and "A Histo... |
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