. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . s by sun-printingwere obtained, and from these negatives copies weremultiplied by exposure to the sun in frames made forthe purpose. Tlie several sections, properly toned,were pasted together in their order, and formed thegeneral map, or such ])ortions of it as were desired ;it being the policy, as a matter of prudence against cap-ture, to furnisli no one but the commanding generaland corps commanders with the entire map of a giveniregion. From this statement it will be seen tlial to GeneralLee is due the credit pf promptly originating metho
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . s by sun-printingwere obtained, and from these negatives copies weremultiplied by exposure to the sun in frames made forthe purpose. Tlie several sections, properly toned,were pasted together in their order, and formed thegeneral map, or such ])ortions of it as were desired ;it being the policy, as a matter of prudence against cap-ture, to furnisli no one but the commanding generaland corps commanders with the entire map of a giveniregion. From this statement it will be seen tlial to GeneralLee is due the credit pf promptly originating method-ical means for procuring accurate maps to supply thewant that has been, by implication mainly, so unfavor-ably commented on. Many maps that grace variousmemoirs, and personal recollections, and descriptionsof campaigns and battle-fields in Virginia have theirbasis in the maps made as above described, tliough ac-credited to others. I could a tale unfold in regardto some of these stolen maps, but ciii bono? Nil pro-prium ducas quod tntitari ^J»awl^*5*Kfc»»«ais*^v ¥6SE ®um^ m fw. s\mm. OB MAJOR JACK DOWNING ORfAM ORAWNRY ZFKf From tlie Collection of the New ^ork Historical Society. YOU TRIED TO RIDE THEM TWO MOSSESON THE PENINSULA FOR TWO YEARS MACSUriT I LITTLE UAC (;llj)—OwrK lAn baaUitUarta—/ cant manayt tU Act no /tow One tkrttamt til Ctrytnia, anJ ti** otfier u IjmtHd Vie u-rvny
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