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Map of Loudoun County and part of Clarke County, Va., Jefferson County and part of Berkeley County, W. Va., and parts of Montgomery and Frederick counties, Md

1864 (Library of Congress)

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Part of Carroll County, Maryland

J. N. Macomb, 1862 (Library of Congress)

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Part of Washington County, Md

Bureau of Topographical Engineers, 1862 (Library of Congress)

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Map of the vicinity of Hagerstown, Funkstown, Williamsport, and Falling Waters, Maryland Accompanying the report of Major General G. G. Meade, on the battle of Gettysburg, dated October 1st 1863

United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary of War. Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, 1879. (Library of Congress)

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Martenet and Bond’s map of Montgomery County, Maryland

From actual surveys by S.J. Martenet & assistants; drawn and published by Simon J. Martenet C.E. Baltimore : Simon J. Martenet, [1865] (Baltimore : Lith. by Schmidt & Trowe) (Library of Congress)

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Loudo(u)n County, Virginia

By Edwin Hergesheimer, 1861 (Library of Congress)

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Harper’s Ferry (1863)

Prepared by Bvt. Brig. Genl. N. Michler, Major of Engineers, from surveys under his direction, by order of Brig. Genl. & Bvt. Maj. Genl. A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers, and under the authority of the Hon. Secretary of War Surveyed & drawn by Maj: J. E. Weyss, assisted by F. Theilkuhl, J. Strasser & G. Thompson. (Library of Congress)

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Map of Jefferson County, VA

Photographed for the Bureau of Topographical Engineers Oct. 1862, by S. Howell Brown, 1862 (Library of Congress)

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Map of Jefferson County, VA

Photographed for the Bureau of Topographical Engineers Oct. 1862, by S. Howell Brown, 1862 (Library of Congress)

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Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacent to Harper’s Ferry, Va.

Including Maryland, Loudoun, and Bolivar Heights, and portions of South and Short Mountains, with the positions of the defensive works, also the junction of the Potomac & Shenandoah Rivers, and their passage through the Blue Ridge. Surveyed from August 3d to Sept. 20th 1863, under the direction of Capt. N. Michler, Corps of Engrs., U.S. Army, by Major John E. Weyss, Principal Assistant, Engineer Department, Army of the Potomac. Lettering by Wm. Hesselbach.] Engraved in the Engr. Dept. (Library of Congress)

Historic Documents

General Lee's Letter to the People of Maryland, September 8, 1862 (National Park Service)

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General Lee's Letter to the People of Maryland

September 8, 1862 (National Park Service)

Confederate Colonel Bradley T. Johnson Message

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Confederate Colonel Bradley T. Johnson Message

September 6, 1860 (Perkins Library, Duke University)

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Henry Kyd Douglas Note to Parents

September, 1860 (National Archives)

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