I am thinking that the 1863 map of Hanover and Louisa to which you refer was made for use of the Union Army during the Civil War. I understand that many of the maps that Army used were so flawed that the US Geological Service was formed to provide better maps. (This was from a lecture which a guide to Civil War Battlefields around Richmond gave on a tour.) What are your thoughts? E.W.Wallace whose Hanover ancestor died intestate ca 1737

I can't speak to the accuracy of this map as a whole. In fact, I can't see it as a whole! However, I know from family letters and stories that my husband's family, the Phillips family, lived next to the railroad track just outside of Beaverdam between 1860 and 1870. And that is where they show on the map. So at least one tiny detail is right. I have contacted the Library of Congress about getting a large copy of this map. However, I haven't heard back from them. I'm also thinking maybe I can download it onto a CD and take it to a Kinko's and get it printed out on large paper. Any portion I can fit on an 8-1/2 x 11 page is either so zoomed that context is lost or so tiny that legibility is lost. I love that LOC site and need to spend hours and hours more going through their stuff. Sally Phillips