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Yorktown (Va.)--History--19th century

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Siege of Yorktown Print by C. Bohn

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00008
Scope and Contents Print (18" x 11.25") of the Siege of Yorktown, April 1862, published by C. Bohn (of Washington and Old Point Comfort, Virginia) after an eyewitness drawing by Sgt. Charles Worrett, 20th N.Y. Volunteers. The print shows a bird's-eye view of the Union siege of Yorktown showing the positions of the Union and the Confederacy on the first day of the siege in April 1862. These positions are keyed to twenty-three different locations and show the Confederate gunners firing at the attacking Union...
Dates: 1862