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Library of Congress1904

Sherman. A memorial in art, oratory, and literature by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee with the aid of the Congress of the United States of America. Prepared by authority of Congress under the Direction of Col. Thomas W. Symons Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army in charge of monument and ceremonies. By DeB. Randolph Keim war correspondent of the New York Herald attending the operations of the Army of the Tennessee, 1862-3-4

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Library of Congress1864

Richmond and York River Railroad

"Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on map. Extends from Richmond west to West Point. Also shows the course of the Pamunkey River. Forms part of the Gilmer Map Collection. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image. Gift of Mrs. Louisa Porter (Gilmer) Minis (i.e., Mrs. J. F. Minis), Savannah, Ga., in 1911. Manuscripts o.s.

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Library of Congress1866

Report of the Secretary of the Navy, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 9, 1865, a copy of the record of a board of Navy officers appointed to inquire into and determine how much the vessels-of-war and steam machinery contracted for by the Department in the years 1862 and 1863 cost the contractors over and above the contract price and allowances for extra work. January 31, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed

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Library of Congress1863

Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas, and New Brunswick, from the latest surveys showing every railroad & station finished to June 1862 and the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the United States Superintendent's official reports of the Coast Survey by order of Congress

"Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by J. T. Lloyd." General map of the eastern United States showing state and county boundaries, cities and towns, forts, roads, and railroads. This map was in the possession of Jedediah Hotchkiss at the time of his death. Major Hotchkiss served as topographic engineer with the Army of Northern Virginia. In July 1948, the Library of Congress purchased his map collection. Handwritten note on the verso reads "Lloyd's [sic] map of the United States, 1863 captured and used as part of my collection of maps, during the Civil War, 1861-5. Jed. Hotchkiss, Top. Eng., 2nd. Corps, Army N. Va." For the 1864 edition see Civil War Maps entry no. 50. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 41.4 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1871

In the Senate of the United States. January 30, 1871. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Pratt, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following report. The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Charles L. Thompson, guardian of the minor children of William S. Thompson, deceased, late an engineer on the iron-clad Atlanta, praying that a pension be allowed his wards, report

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Library of Congress1879

In the Senate of the United States. January 31, 1879. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wadleigh, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 1744.) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom were referred the resolutions of the Society of the Army of the Potomac, in favor of an appropriation for continuing and completing the history of the Battle of Gettysburg, by John B. Batchelder, and the letter of the Secretary of War communicating, in answer to the Senate resolution of March 4, 1874, information concerning the data from which the positions of the troops were added to the engineer's maps of the Gettysburg battlefield, recently published, having had the same under consideration, submit the following report

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Library of Congress1863

In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed with the documents. Mr. Morrill, from the special committee appointed to inquire into the facts relative to the chartering of transport vessels for the Banks expedition, and the character of the men employed to navigate them, submitted the following report in part

Andrew J. Richardson, ship owner, Niagara. Brigadier General George L. Andrews, U.S. Army. Charles H. Haswell, engineer and marine inspector. Commodore G.J. Van Brunt, U.S. Navy. Cornelius Vanderbilt, shipping executive. Index follows p. 127. Lieutenant Colonel John W. Locke, U.S. Army. Notable witnesses include: Thomas D. Taylor, marine inspector and editor, American Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Thomas J. Southard, shipbuilder. Title taken from opening lines of text. SERIALSETDELIVERY1

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