Type - map

salted paper maps

Title - caption or label given by the creator

Map of the battlefield of Antietam, [Sept. 17, 1862]

Creator - cartographer/artist

Willcox, William H.

Date Created

1862

Spatial Coverage - the place depicted (geographical location)

Antietam Battlefield; Sharpsburg, Maryland

Publisher

[Philada., Lith. of P. S. Duval & Son, 1862]

Rights - a statement of any use restrictions or ownership

This item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States because copyright has expired, but we have not determined its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. You are responsible for your own use.

Source - owner or repository of original or digital image

Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Description - notes, provenance, or other information about the map

- [Scale ca. 1:13,300].
- Inscribed in longhand as follows: Obtained from Washington & presented to Gen. R. E. Lee by J. E. B. Stuart.
- This map was in the possession of Jedediah Hotchkiss at the time of his death. Major Hotchkiss served as topographic engineer with the Army of Northern Virginia. In July 1948, the Library of Congress purchased his map collection.
- Description derived from published bibliography.