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Sketch Showing Positions of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, with the Roads Connecting the two Places
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Sketch Showing Positions of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, with the Roads Connecting the two Places
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File Name
shades_loc_0005.jp2
Creator
Lambecker
,
Charles
Title
Sketch
Showing
Positions
of
Fort
Henry
and
Fort
Donelson
, with the
Roads
Connecting
the
two
Places
Alternate Title
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, sketch map
Date
ca.
1862
Genre
Maps
Material/Technique
Ink on paper
Description
This
map
,
drawn
in
black
ink
, with the
Tennessee
and
Cumberland
Rivers
in
blue
,
shows
telegraph
lines
between
Forts
Henry
and
Donelson
in
red
, the
names
of
some
landowners
,
directions
toward
cities
.
It
also
indicates
the
topography
using
cross-hatched
lines
,
trees
with
small
shaded
circles
, and the
town
of
Dover
as a
shaded
grid
of
town
blocks
.
Inscribed
at
lower
right
"
Engrs
Dept
.
July
1861
(4?)
rec'd
with
Gen
.
Callum's
letter
of
16th
inst
(C
5021)
" and
titled
"
Sketch
Showing
Positions
of
Fort
Henry
and
Fort
Donelson
, with the
roads
connecting
the
two
places
,
drawn
under
direction
of
Lt
Col
J.B
.
McPherson
,
Chief
Engineer
"
Historical note
This
map
was
created
by
federal
engineers
to
illustrate
the
movement
of
troops
and
terrain
in the
vicinity
of
Confederate
Forts
Henry
and
Donelson
.
Although
these
forts
were
planned
to
control
access
to the
Tennessee
and
Cumberland
Rivers
,
federal
gunboats
and
soldiers
on the
ground
managed
to
take
both
within
a
period
of a
few
days
in
February
1862
,
which
gave
them
easy
access
into the
heart
of
Middle
Tennessee
.
Subject
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--Engineering
and
Construction
;
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865--Maps
;
Fort
Donelson
;
Fort
Henry
;
Tennessee
River
;
Cumberland
River
Theme
Visualizing the War
Story
Orlando Poe
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Dover
;
United
States--Tennessee--Fort
Donelson
Region
;
United
States--Tennessee--Fort
Henry
Region
Time period
1860-1869
Language
eng
Rights
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reproduced
on this
website
are
intended
for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
the
Library
of
Congress
.
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Library of Congress
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,186
Archival file
shades11/shades_loc_0005.jp2
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