Map of the Manassas battlefield, [ca.1861].

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Map of the Manassas battlefield, [ca.1861].

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Map, 1861, of a section of the Bull Run battlefield. Drawn by Laurence L. Cohen, a civil engineer with the Confederate army, it depicts the situation in the vicinity of General P. G. T. Beauregard's headquarters. The map has a few landmarks depicted, such as the town of Centreville and Bull Run stream, but states no scale.

1 map : ink, encapsulated ; 26 x 41 cm.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 6692346

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893

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P.G.T. Beauregard was a Confederate States Army general from New Orleans, Louisiana. The Aztec Club was organized in 1847 as a fraternal society for officers serving under General Winfield Scott's command in Mexico City. Several officers later became major Civil War leaders. From the description of Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard letter, 1892 Dec. 29. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70294149 Former Confederate general and resident of New Orleans. At the t...

Cohen, Laurence Jonathan

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The first battle of Bull Run, or Manassas, was fought on 1861 July 21 between Union forces under the command of General Irvin McDowell and Confederate forces under General Joseph E. Johnston and General P. G. T. Beauregard. Laurence L. Cohen, a Confederate civil engineer present at the field of battle, drew a map of troop positions around General Beauregard's headquarters. From the description of Map of the Manassas battlefield, [ca.1861]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122368384 ...