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Map of United States military railroads, showing the rail roads operated during the war from 1862-1866, as military lines, under the direction of Bvt. Brig. Gen. D. C. McCallum, Director and General Manager, 1866
Image of a map of United States showing military railroads in the Mid-Atlantic, Mideast and Southern states during the American Civil War; track gauges printed in color; key at bottom right.
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
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Three different gauges are shown for parts of the system. The standard 4 feet 8-1/2 inches is shown in red, the more common Southern gauge of 5 feet in blue, One minor section of 5 ft 6 inches near Little Rock shown in yellow. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
Image of a map of California with railroad routes shown; inset in the bottom left corner of Southern California from Los Angeles to San Diego and an inset in the upper right corner of the San Francisco area; reference key for 37 railroads printed in red and titled "California Railroads." A key of "California. / Chief Cities" with populations printed in left margin.
Image of an eye-level landscape view of Havre de Grace, Maryland, depicting a railroad track across the frozen Susquehanna River, with workers unloading lumber and other goods; two vignettes in the bottom corners of a railroad track leading to a ship and onlookers on a sleigh watching a locomotive; a description of the event is printed in the bottom margin.
Image of an aerial landscape view of the city of Nashua, New Hampshire, showing the Nashua River running through the center; map key printed in bottom margin.
Image of an elevated view of Parole Camp in Annapolis, Maryland, during the American Civil War; Union soldiers at various duties outside rows of buildings and military tents; a large flag flies on a flagpole at center; train passing the camp at bottom right; nine buildings numbered with key printed in bottom margin.
Image of a map of the routes and connecting lines of the Northern Pacific Railway across the northern United States and Canada; inset circular map of the northern hemisphere in the upper right corner and a diagram in the bottom margin of the elevations of the routes of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.
