Sketch of the skirmish at Petersburg, between the Royal Army under the command of Major Genl. Phillips, and the American Army commanded by Major Genl. Stewben : in which the latter were defeated April 25th. 1781

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Sketch of the skirmish at Petersburg, between the Royal Army under the command of Major Genl. Phillips, and the American Army commanded by Major Genl. Stewben
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Title:
Sketch of the skirmish at Petersburg, between the Royal Army under the command of Major Genl. Phillips, and the American Army commanded by Major Genl. Stewben : in which the latter were defeated April 25th. 1781
Creator:
Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806
Contributor:
Spencer, G.
Contributor:
Hills, I.
Name on Item:
copied from a sketch of Lt. Spencers ; by I. Hills, Lieut. 23d. Regt. & Asst. Engr.
Date:
[1787]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Collection (local):
Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection at Mount Vernon
Subjects:
Petersburg (Va.)--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Maps--Early works to 1800
Places:
Petersburg (independent city)
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 26 x 35 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (CC BY-NC-SA).
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Publisher:
Exeter : Printed for the author
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:13,600]
Language:
English
Catalog Record:
MVLA record
Notes:
Erroneously indicates north oriented to the left. North is oriented to the top.
Relief shown by hachures.
Includes references to troop positions.
In Simcoe's A journal of the operations of the Queen's rangers (Exeter : Printed for the author, [1787]), facing p. 138.
Notes (date):
This date is inferred.
Identifier:
06_01_010201