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CITATION
Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. 1862, https://leaf.bucknell.edu/group/james-merrill-linn-bucknellian-war/plan-battle-roanoke-island.

Metadata

Title
Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island.
Full title
Plan of the Battle of Roanoke Island. North Carolina. Feby 8th 1862.
Date(s)
Issued: 1862
Genre / form / medium
Medium(a): battlefield maps
Identifier(s)
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00070 | | | | | | |
Rights
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.
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Rights
The content of the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division digitized collections are free to use and reuse unless stated otherwise.
Description
  • Federal forces under Burnside quickly overcame the Confederate defenders, giving the Union control of Pamlico Sound and a base on the Atlantic coast for operations against North Carolina.
Subject(s)
Places / locations: North Carolina
Temporal: 1862

specifications

Parent Collection
Maps of Burnside's Expedition
Pages / children objects
Associated Media