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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	Images 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