Official map of the Union works in front of Yorktown, Va.

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Official map of the Union works in front of Yorktown, Va. Wm. Heine and Sneden, Topog. Engineers of 40th Vols., 3rd Corps, , April Yorktown, Va., including Union batteries located along the Warwick Court House Road. Also shows the Confederate barricade made up of abatis, palisades, slashing of trees, felled trees, and dams that flooded low-lying areas. The Union army, under Gen. McClellan, prepared to lay siege to Yorktown as part of its advance up the Virginia Peninsula toward the Confederate capital of Richmond.

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Size: 3053px × 5085px
Location: US
Photo credit: © The Protected Art Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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