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Here for your enjoyment is an absorbing chart of a part of the eastern portion of Virginia showing the route of the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac under Major General P.H. Sheridan on the raid to Richmond in May 1864 : together with the route followed by the Confederate Cavalry under Major General J.E.B. Stuart / drawn by Capt. N.D. Preston. It was created in 1903.
Richmond Region (Va.).
Covers Richmond region (Va.) northward to Fredericksburg. Shows cavalry routes of movement, engagements, encampments, roads, railroads, settlements, drainage, and the fortifications around Richmond. "Drawn by Capt. N.D. Preston, to accompany the paper, 'The Cavalry Raid to Richmond in May 1864', read by him before the Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S., Wednesday evening, May 6, 1903."
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