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Library of Congress1853

Map and profile of the Tejon Pass : from explorations and surveys

At head of title: Routes in California to connect with the routes near the 32nd and 35th Parallels. Relief shown by hachures. From U.S. War Department, Explorations and Surveys for a Railroad Route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Topographical Maps . . . to Illustrate the Various Reports . . . (Washington, 1859) Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:60,000. LC Railroad maps, 151 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1831

Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia, under the direction of Capt. J. D. Graham, U.S. Top. Eng., 1831 and 1832; surveyed by Lts. A. D. Mackay and E. French, 1st Arty., assistants in 1831, and Lts. E. French and J. F. Izard, assistants in 1832; drawn from the original plot by Lt. Humphreys, 2d Artillery

Topographic map surveyed in strips along the railroad routes. Shows property owners and covers an area between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers to Winchester. Includes table showing "a summary of the routes surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac Rail Road, State of Virginia."

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Library of Congress1864

Map of Allatoona, New Hope Church and vicinity

Shows location of battles of Allatoona, Allatoona Creek, Picketts Mill, and New Hope Church, roads, railroads, Confederate entrenchments, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:280,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 132.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1863

Position of Union and Rebel forces, Oct. 14, 1863

Map shows Union troops on the road running parallel to the Orange and Alexandria railroad. Just past Bristoe Station, as Union troops crossed Broad Run, a Confederate battery emerged from woods north of the railroad. Next, Confederate skirmishers appeared on a hill overlooking the Union column. Finally, there were several Confederate charges. Union forces were able to return fire and, after several hours of fierce fighting, to capture Confederate artillery and approximately 450 prisoners.

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Library of Congress1864

Map of Devaux Neck on Broad River, South Carolina.

Devaux Neck is formed by the Tulfinny River and Coosawatchie River as they branch off the Broad River. The Peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. Map shows rebel forces protecting the railroad while Union forces, the 127th NY under Gen. Edward E. Potter, advance up the peninsula.

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Library of Congress1864

Plan of action at Devaux Neck South Carolina. December 9th 1864.

Devaux Neck is a peninsula formed by the Tulfinney and Coosawatchie rivers as they branch off the Broad River. The peninsula is crossed by the Charleston and Savannah Railroad. This map, in closer detail than the one on p. 196, shows the skirmish between Confederate forces protecting the railroad and Union forces (the 127th New York Regiment under Gen. E. E. Potter) hoping to secure it.

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Library of Congress1857

Young Wolverine (Gramd Rapids, Mich.) 1857-18??

qu er o YOUNG WOLVERINE CITY MATTERS wes The Younc WouverineE is for sale at Gro P Sextons News Room in the Post Office Price four cents ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS c We have omitted our Enigmas Charades e in this No but here give the answers to those in the April No Enigma No 10Hay Charade No 10StriKing Con 1stN Con 2dBecause she tries to get rid of her weeds Con 8dBecause he fingers the keys OUR CONTRIBUTORS With this number of our unassuming and we trust not uninteresting sheet will complete its first year We thought that a hasty glance at some of our contributors would not be amiss and so we photograph them for our readers Wayland Morris is the designation chosen by our Mishawaka Ind friend over which or under which as the case may be we haye been favored with many poetic favors The lines My Sisters Grave in the January number and the fine Poem The Pilgrim Fathers in the Febru ary number have been much admired The lat ter Rep says is capital His real name is Fouiuer and he was once a resident of this city Byron M Brown is a young gent

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Library of Congress1945

Image 8 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 10, 1945

THE JACKSON ADVOCATE 125H N Farih StreetPhone 33181 Published Weekly at Jackson Mississippi iERCY GREENE Editor and General Manage SUBSCRIPTION RATES AH Subscriptions Due and Payable in Advance Single Copy 6c One Yean 350 6 Months 200 3 Months 125 Make all checks payable to The Jackson Advocate In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers but in all things that affect our mutual progress and development we can be together as the handBooker T Washing ton The 118th Anniversary Of The Negro Newspaper Last Sunday brought to a close the annual observance of Na tional Negro Newspaper Week which included the issuance and publication of a letter of commendation from the President of the United States a radio program broadcast over a nationwide hook up and programs of observance in schools colleges churches bv civic and fraternal groups in village town and city in every sec tion of the nation which was probably the most widespread and general observance since its institution of few years ago No person who s in possession of even the slightest knowledge of the history of the United States and of the evolution of th great cohesive

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