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Image: (Historical maps relating to the Battle of Birch Coulee, Minnesota 1862). LOC 96687321

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Description: Detail plan shows wagons in half circle and posting of horses killed, with drawings of wagons, officers tents, and dugouts pasted on. Presumed to be prepared by Robert K. Boyd, a survivor of the battle. Pen-and-ink and some crayon and watercolor. Watermark: Dietzgen "Double Force" Germany. Ancillary map pasted on in upper right corner of detailed plan: Sectional map, U.S. Survey : [shows direct line distance of 14 miles between Fort Ridgley and the battle grounds]. Scale [ca. 1:63,360]. 1 in. = 1 mile. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Gift; David W. Cook and Dorothy Wampole; 1994. Vault Filed with map: [Photocopy of author's] The Battle of Birch Coulee : a wounded man's description of a battle with the Indians, c1925. Acquisitions control no. 94-10
Title: (Historical maps relating to the Battle of Birch Coulee, Minnesota 1862). LOC 96687321
Credit: https://www.loc.gov/item/96687321/
Author: Boyd, Robert K.
Permission: This map is available from the United States Library of Congress's Geography & Map Division under the digital ID g4142b.ct011224. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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