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CIVIL WAR IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY: BIBLIOGRAPHY AND MAP SOURCES

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Flinn, Frank M. Campaigning with Banks in Louisiana 1863-64 and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864-65. Boston: W.B. Clarke, 1889.

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Gallagher, Gary W., ed. Struggle for the Shenandoah: Essays on the 1864 Valley Campaign. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1991.

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Gilmor, Harry. Four Years in the Saddle. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1866.

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Kennedy, Frances H., ed. Civil War Battlefield Guide. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.

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MAPS

Cool Spring Maps: Atlas 84:20, Hotchkiss sketch "Engagement at Castleman's Ferry."

Cross Keys Maps: Atlas, 21:12, 42:4, 85:5, 111:2. Hotchkiss, Archives Confed-VA9: ``Sketch Map of Cross Keys,'' 1862, rough sketch of battle ground drawn from memory, not in scale, shows general areas of woodland and elevation, shows movement of troops and positions of batteries. Hotchkiss, LC #95: quick sketch of battlefield in pencil, showing roads, drainage, residences, woodlots, and elevation in some areas by hachures, but not in scale. William Allan, plate VIII, pg. 147.

Fisher's Hill Maps: Atlas 82:11, 85:20, 99:2; Gillespie, LC #537: ``Battlefields of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek Virginia'' Prepared by Bvt. LT. Col. G. L. Gillespie, major of Engineers, USA, from surveys made under his directions, by order of Lt.Gen P.H. Sheridan, etc., 1873, uncolored, Scale 1:12,000, 2 sheets, each 121x69cm, overall size 121x138cm; detailed map of both battles indicating earth and wood entrenchments, troop positions and movements, names of commanders and some unit numbers, roads, railroad, houses, names of residents, fences, vegetation, drainage, fords, street pattern of Middletown and Strasburg, relief by contour lines, hachures and spot elevations; Union and Confed. troop positions are hand-colored blue and red. Hotchkiss, LC #H187: ``Map of Vicinity of Fisher's Hill,'' 1864, colored ms., scale 1:40,000, 44x37cm, on tracing cloth, mountains by form lines, hachures, drawn on 1/2-in grid, no troop positions but shows Confederate entrenchments on Fisher's Hill line. ``Sheridan's Map'' of vicinity of Strasburg, Archives G166-1, very detailed, surveyed map of CS entrenchments at Fisher's Hill, showing vegetation cover for most of the area.

Front Royal Maps: Atlas 5:5, "Sketch of Lt. Col. Parham of 29PA." not in scale.

First Kernstown Maps: Hotchkiss Collection (LC): Two excellent maps of First Kernstown. LC #H90: ``Battle of Kernstown,'' 2 in.=1 mi. (1:31,680), colored pencils and ink, fine detail, fencerows (stone or wood), veg in green, orchards, houses and residents, troop movements in red and blue, battery posits., hachures. Not in the Atlas. LC #91: ``Battle of Kernstown,'' 2 in1 mi. (1:31,680), a more stylized version of the above map in black ink, Confed. troops shown in red, Union positions not shown, wood and stone fences, vegetation, roads and trails, hachures, road lines appear more carefully surveyed on this map than on #90. These two maps provide all necessary topo info. Most authoritative source for Confed. movements. Union troop movements will need to be expanded from other sources, such as the map in William Allan, plate III following pg. 54

Second Kernstown Maps: Atlas 84:21; See Hotchkiss LC #H90, 91 under First Kernstown. Kennedy, Battlefield Guide pg. 240.

McDowell Maps: O.R. Atlas 116: 1,4; Hotchkiss, LC #H93: ``Sketch of the battle of McDowell,'' scale 1:31,680, 24x30cm., unfinished sketch, shows elevation by hachures, vegetation suggested in green pencil, Union and Confederate troop positions shown in blue and red, appears to have been executed quickly, not detailed enough to be useful for topography. Hotchkiss, LC #94: an even rougher sketch in ink on brown paper, not in scale. William Allan, plate IV pg. 55.

New Market Maps: Colonna, LC #585: ``New Market Virginia Battlefield May 15, 1864,'' surveyed 1910-12, B. A. Colonna, 1914, colored, scale 1:15,840, 39x40cm, shows the battlefield as it was in 1864, based on Woodstock, VA sheet of U.S.G.S., contour intervals and hachures, woods, orchards, houses, and other features verified by veterans and authorities, shows battle lines, 50 significant events keyed to numbers. Colonna was a participant in the battle.

Opequon (Third Winchester) Maps: Atlas 99:1, 85:12-18; By far the best and most detailed maps of this battle are the surveys of 1873 by Gillespie, Dept. of Engineers, done in consultation with veterans of North and South. One version of this map is Plate 99:1 in the Atlas of the Official Records; scale 1 in.=2,200 ft. The original Gillespie map is in the Civil War Collection LC #670, scale 1 in.=800 ft or 1:9600; 96x114 cm. This version is incredibly detailed: full color, surveyed, all vegetation and fields marked, elevation by contour intervals, buildings marked and labelled by resident, wood and stone fences shown, troop movements shown for several positions during the day. Map is in four adjoined sections, each 19x23.5 ins.

Piedmont Maps: Kennedy, Battlefield Guide pg. 231.

Port Republic Maps: Atlas 85:5; Hotchkiss map LC #H96; scale 1:25,000, squared off in miles, excellent topo. detail, cleared fields, fences along river, vegetation. Fence rows, houses labelled by residents, elevation in contours. Troop movements and positions are not schown This map was surveyed and completed from wartime sketches by Hotchkiss in 1886. Scale is not ideal, but details are sufficient to produce good modern map. Kennedy, Battlefield Guide pg. 55. William Allan, plate IX, pg. 147.

Tom's Brook Maps: Atlas 85:34 (shows successive positions taken by cavalry against Custer; Hotchkiss, LC #H187: ``Map of Vicinity of Fisher's Hill,'' 1864, colored ms., scale 1:40,000, 44x37cm, on tracing cloth, roads in red, wooded areas green, mountains by form lines, hachures, drawn on 1/2-in grid, no troop positions but shows topography for area of Tom's Brook. Archives G266: ``Tom's Brook and Cedar Creek,'' scale 1:83,095, insufficient topo detail, shows schematic positions for the engagement at Tom's Brook.

First Winchester Maps: Atlas map, Hotchkiss 85:2--"Engagement at Winchester." Hotchkiss ``Sketch of the Battle of Winchester, Va.'' Frederick County Historical Society.

Second Winchester Maps: Atlas 39:4, 43:3.

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