Map of the Seat of War in Virginia
PrinterPrinted by
E. Sachse & Co.
(American, 1850 - 1877)
PublisherPublished by
Casimir Bohn
(German-American, born 1820)
Date1861
MediumLithography; black printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper, in cardboard covers
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 5/8 x 16in. (29.5 x 40.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 13 x 16 7/8in. (33 x 42.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
Object number1990.185.0
DescriptionPocket map of eastern Virginia, from Rappahannock River to the north, Chesapeake Bay to the east, Suffolk to the south, and Richmond to the west. Towns are indicated with clusters of buildings and what are probably camps with triangles and flags. Roads, canals and railroad lines are shown. Physical features depicted include rivers, bays, and wooded areas. On the left side is a table of distances.
Label TextJohn Emery Morris was nineteen years old, unmarried, and working as a clerk in Hartford when he enlisted in the Twenty-second Connecticut Volunteer Infantry on August 25, 1862. He mustered in on September 20th. It's not clear when Morris obtained this map showing General George McClellan's abortive 1861 campaign in Virginia. The Twenty-second Connecticut would be engaged in the same area in the spring of 1863. In April, they arrived by steamer in Norfolk, Virginia and took part in the Battle of Suffolk. They were then conveyed to Yorktown, where they camped in front of McClellan's entrenchments, within sight of the Revolutionary War rifle pits. Finally they took part in the "advance on Richmond" by way of Williamsburg and Chickahominy Creek. It's possible to trace their movements on this earlier map, and tempting to think that Morris may have had the map in his possession at the time. The Twenty-second was a nine-month regiment; their enlistment was up in June and they returned to Hartford by steamer. They mustered out on July 7, 1863.
NotesCartographic Note: No scaleStatus
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Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1834
Samuel Augustus Mitchell
1835