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  1. Title: Battlefield of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia and vicinity, 1864 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map: Map of the battle field of Spottsylvania C.H. : showing the field of operations of the Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade U.S.A., from May 8th to 21st, 1865 [i.e. 1864], surveyed under the orders of Bvt. Col. J.C. Duane, Major of Engineers, Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac, by Bvt. Maj. C.W. Howell, 1st Lieut. of Engineers ; assisted by Messrs. L.C. Oswell, L. Bell, and R.B. Talfor ; J. Bien, lithographer, New York. It was published ca. 1865. Scale [1:15,840]. Covers area surrounding Spotsylvania and Spotsylvania Battlefield, Virginia. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia State Plane North Coordinate System (in Meters) (Fipszone 4501). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, drainage, dwellings with names of inhabitants, vegetation, Union and Confederate troop lines and defenses, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes note. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of the Civil War from the Harvard Map Collection. Many items from this selection are from a collection of maps deposited by the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States Commandery of the State of Massachusetts (MOLLUS) in the Harvard Map Collection in 1938. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features, in particular showing places of military importance. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  2. Title: Eastern Virginia, ca. 1862 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of a part of Eastern Virginia : including portions of Spotsylvania Co. and adjoining counties, compiled under the direction of Col. J.N. Macomb, A.D.C. Maj. Top'l. Engr. ; by Capt. W.H. Paine, A.D.C. It was published by Coast Survey Office ca. 1862. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Virginia North State Plane NAD 1983 (Fipszone 4501) coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, railroads, selected buildings with names of landowners, ground cover, and more. Relief shown by hachures. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  3. Title: Chickamauga, Sept. 19th and 20th 1863.

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    Summary: Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863--Maps

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  4. Title: Military map of the Indian Territory

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures.; Includes "Ground plan of Fort Sill" and "Ground plan of Camp Supply." 67 x 76 centimeters or smaller

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  5. Title: Northwestern New Mexico

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 74 x 69 centimeters

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  6. Title: Southwestern New Mexico

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. 73 x 70 centimeters

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  7. Title: Map of California and Nevada, with parts of Utah & Arizona

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    Summary: Shows railroads.; Relief shown by hachures. 80 x 72 centimeters

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  8. Title: Territories of New Mexico & Arizona

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures. 55 x 78 centimeters

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  9. Title: Map showing the locations of works and surveys for river and harbor improvement : compiled for the Index to the Reports of the Chief of Engineers

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    Summary: Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. 99 x 147 centimeters

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  10. Title: Map of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers and their tributaries

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    Summary: Shows railroads, trails and routes. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: War Department. Includes list of authorities. Western sheet published in 1877.

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  11. Title: Part of Turkey in Europe

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    Summary: Ausg. 1876.; Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; Shows Ottoman Empire in Europe, area west of Black Sea, present Romania and Bulgania.; Sheets separately marked, e.g. A, N.12 (Sofia).; "Reprint from the original Austrian map of Turkey in Europe ..." 43 x 49 centimeters

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  12. Title: Fulton, Fayette, and Clayton Counties, Georgia, 1864 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Parts of Fulton, Fayette, Clayton, and Campbell counties, Georgia, from surveys and information at Top. Eng. Office, Dept. Cumb., before Atlanta, Ga. August 23rd 1864. It was published by Dept. of the Cumberland, Topographical Engineers in 1864. Scale [ca. 1:60,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Georgia West State Plane NAD 1983 coordinate system (Fipszone 1002) coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, railroads, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also principal roads colored red by hand, names of selected landowners, and manuscript annotations.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  13. Title: Fulton, DeKalb, and Clayton Counties, Georgia, 1864 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of part of Fulton, Fayette, and Campbell counties, from surveys, state map, and information, Topl. Engr. Office, Army of the Cumbd. It was published by Army of the Cumberland, Topographical Engineers Office in 1864. Scale [ca. 1:64,000].The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Georgia West State Plane NAD 1983 (Fipszone 1002) coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, railroads, and more. Relief shown by hachures. Includes also names of select landowners and notes indicating general topography.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  14. Title: National cemetery, Andersonville, Ga

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    Summary: Negative blueprint photocopy.; "...Aug. 27, 1892. Revised May 4, 1912."; Includes location map of area including train depot, hospital, fort, prison, and cemetery.; "3"--upper right. 25 x 44 centimeters, on sheet 60 x 65 centimeters

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  15. Title: Wabash Topo (14): Indiana, 1929

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    Summary: The maps represented here are on tiff files owned by EAS library. The topos were scanned in color and are up to 550MB each. These images can be viewed and performed in the using either ArcGIS Desktop or QGIS (user choice), referencing against a number of known mapsets like the 2005 Indiana Orthophoto setand USGS DRGs. The geographic coordinate system reference of the maps included are applied in GCS_WGS_1984.

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  16. Title: Wabash Topo (26): Indiana, 1929

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    Summary: The maps represented here are on tiff files owned by EAS library. The topos were scanned in color and are up to 550MB each. These images can be viewed and performed in the using either ArcGIS Desktop or QGIS (user choice), referencing against a number of known mapsets like the 2005 Indiana Orthophoto setand USGS DRGs. The geographic coordinate system reference of the maps included are applied in GCS_WGS_1984.

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  17. Title: Wabash Topo (38): Indiana, 1929

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    Summary: The maps represented here are on tiff files owned by EAS library. The topos were scanned in color and are up to 550MB each. These images can be viewed and performed in the using either ArcGIS Desktop or QGIS (user choice), referencing against a number of known mapsets like the 2005 Indiana Orthophoto setand USGS DRGs. The geographic coordinate system reference of the maps included are applied in GCS_WGS_1984.

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  18. Title: Wabash Topo (31): Indiana, 1929

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    Summary: The maps represented here are on tiff files owned by EAS library. The topos were scanned in color and are up to 550MB each. These images can be viewed and performed in the using either ArcGIS Desktop or QGIS (user choice), referencing against a number of known mapsets like the 2005 Indiana Orthophoto setand USGS DRGs. The geographic coordinate system reference of the maps included are applied in GCS_WGS_1984.

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  19. Title: Wabash Topo (27): Indiana, 1929

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    Summary: The maps represented here are on tiff files owned by EAS library. The topos were scanned in color and are up to 550MB each. These images can be viewed and performed in the using either ArcGIS Desktop or QGIS (user choice), referencing against a number of known mapsets like the 2005 Indiana Orthophoto setand USGS DRGs. The geographic coordinate system reference of the maps included are applied in GCS_WGS_1984.

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  20. Title: Wabash Topo (32): Indiana, 1929

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    Summary: The maps represented here are on tiff files owned by EAS library. The topos were scanned in color and are up to 550MB each. These images can be viewed and performed in the using either ArcGIS Desktop or QGIS (user choice), referencing against a number of known mapsets like the 2005 Indiana Orthophoto setand USGS DRGs. The geographic coordinate system reference of the maps included are applied in GCS_WGS_1984.

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