BIBFRAME Work

Title

Re-Imagining the U.S. Civil War: Reconnaissance, Surveying & Cartography (morning session)

Type

• Monograph
• Moving Image

Contribution

• Library of Congress. Geography and Map Division (sponsor)
• Library of Congress (contributor)

Subject

• Government, Law
• War, Military
• Biography, History
• Government, World Affairs
• Cities, Towns
• Maps
• Architecture, Landscape

Genre Form

• Video recordings (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Content

• two-dimensional moving image

Note

Richard Stephenson, Susan Schulten, Edward Ayers.

Summary

Cartographers during the U.S. Civil War invented new techniques and mapped the country--both Union and Confederate territories--more accurately than ever before in the nation's history. The morning session of this day-long conference included presentations on "Hidden Patterns of the Civil War," "Mapping the Strength of the Rebellion" and "We Were Profoundly Ignorant of Our Country: The Struggle to Provide Accurate Maps During the U.S. Civil War."

Authorized Access Point

Re-Imagining the U.S. Civil War: Reconnaissance, Surveying & Cartography (morning session)

Government pub type

• federal or national

Moving image technique

• live action

Capture

Recorded on 2011-05-20.

Intended audience

• Researchers.
• Teachers.

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:16:59.137276+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 22859170

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc