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Map of Knoxville and surrounding area showing fortifications and other landmarks, Approximately 1863

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Title	Map of Knoxville and surrounding area showing fortifications and other landmarks, Approximately 1863
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
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Subjects - TGM	Maps
Subjects - LCSH	Maps; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Description	Hand-drawn map showing the area around Knoxville, indicating fortifications and other landmarks. The map was created by Seth Alden Abbey (1798-1880) and was included in a diary that he kept. The map shows the disposition of forces, gun emplacements, and landmarks involved in the 1863 Battle of Knoxville.
Place	Knoxville (Tenn.)
Date	Approximately 1863
Creator	Abbey, Seth
Collection name	Seth Abbey Papers
Historical note	Seth Abbey came to Cleveland in 1830 with his widowed father, Peter Abbey, from Enfield, Connecticut. Seth Abbey assisted in the incorporation of the city in 1836 by serving, along with Edmund Clark and Richard Winslow, as judge of elections. He was also city marshal for a time, as well as judge of police court. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted and served in the Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
Accession number	THS 471
Owning Institution	Tennessee Historical Society
ID#	34642
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Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
Collection finding aid	http://tennessee.gov/tsla/history/manuscripts/findingaids/ths471.pdf