Gloucester Point Civil War map

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Gloucester Point Civil War Map, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
1.14 Linear Feet One over size folder
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Gloucester Point Civil War Map, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

1862 Civil War map of Gloucester Point, Virginia signed by William H. Powers and Henry Andrew Black, members of the Piedmont Artillery formed in Beford County, Virginia. The map is hand-drawn and colored, and is thought to be a sentry map so soldiers knew where to go for guard duty.

Biographical / historical:

The map was hand-drawn and colored as well as was signed by William H. Powers and Henry Andrew Black. Both Powers and Black were members of the Piedmont Artillery formed in Beford County, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Transferred from Special Collections University Archives of Washington Lee University by request of alumnus Paul Black.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard